English

subscience

From sub- + science.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin sciō ‘to know’

Latin sciēns ‘knowing’

Latin scientia ‘knowledge’

Old French science ‘knowledge’

Middle English science ‘a science’

Today it means

noun A scientific discipline that forms part of a larger science.

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

Etymograph / subscience