English

subself

From sub- + self.

Formed from sub- + self

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- ‘one's own’

Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Old English self ‘self’

Middle English salve

English self

Today it means

noun A subordinate self, one making up part of a whole self.

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