English
subadministration
From sub- + administration.
Formed from sub- + administration
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Latin administrō ‘to manage, attend upon’
Latin administrātiō ‘administration, management’
Old French administration
Middle English administracioun
English administration
Today it means
noun An administration making up part of a larger administration.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subadministration”. 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.
Etymograph / subadministration