Etymograph

English

subage

From sub- + age.

Formed from sub- + age

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- ‘vital force’

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Latin aetātem

Vulgar Latin *aetāticum

Old French eage ‘age’

Middle English age

English age

Today it means

noun An age making up part of a larger age.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subage”. 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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