English

submember

From sub- + member.

Formed from sub- + member

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *mḗms ‘flesh’

Proto-Italic *memzrom

Latin membrum ‘limb’

Old French membre

Middle English membre

Today it means

noun A member of a subordinate group, taxon etc.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / submember