English
subsignificant
From sub- + significant.
Formed from sub- + significant
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Italic *segnom ‘sign’
Latin signum ‘sign’
Latin significō ‘to signify’
Latin significāns ‘signifying’
English significant
Today it means
adj Less than significant
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subsignificant