English

subpredicate

From sub- + predicate.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’

Old French predicat

Middle English predicat(e)

Today it means

noun A subsidiary part of a predicate

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

Etymograph / subpredicate