English
subphenomenon
Subphenomenon comes from Late Latin phaenomenon, from Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘to cause to appear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine, glow light’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰh₂nyétireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáňňō‘to appear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφαίνωphaínō‘to cause to appear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφαινόμενονphainómenon
- Late Latinmodernphaenomenon
- English1500–presentphenomenon
- Englishearliest quotation 2009subphenomenon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine, glow light’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰh₂nyétireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáňňō‘to appear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφαίνωphaínō‘to cause to appear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφαινόμενονphainómenon
- Late Latinmodernphaenomenon
- English1500–presentphenomenon
- Englishearliest quotation 2009subphenomenon
Earliest quotation: 2009, Hugh D. Hindman, The World of Child Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey: “Net child labor comprises subphenomena with different, sometimes contradictory,…”
A compound of sub- + phenomenon
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
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Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’
Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘I show’
Ancient Greek φαινόμενον ‘thing appearing to view’
Late Latin phaenomenon ‘appearance’
English phenomenon
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
focus, phone, professor, famous, fuel, favor, favourite, ban, ben, fate, fame, fatal, bee, fairy, fabulous, photographer, profession, infant, abandon, confession, beck, confess, beacon, symphony, eff, fab, fay, boon, bane, fable, foyer, banish, buoy, nefarious, profess, prophetic, banal, infamy, bene, beek, 116 more
through Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’
through Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘to cause to appear’
fantasy, fancy, emphasis, phantom, epiphany, fantasia, tryptophan, phantasm, phenol, 41 more
through Ancient Greek φαινόμενον
phenomenology, phenomenally, 13 more
through English phenomenon
Today it means
noun A phenomenon which forms part of a larger phenomenon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / subphenomenon