Etymograph

English

subabbot

From sub- + abbot.

Formed from sub- + abbot

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- ‘father’

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Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς ‘declinable form of ἀββα (abba), ἀββᾶ (abbâ)’

Latin abbās ‘father’

Old English abbat

Middle English abbot

English abbot

Today it means

noun an abbot with another abbot as their superior

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subabbot”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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