Etymograph

English

subcaste

From sub- + caste.

Formed from sub- + caste

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Italic *kastos

Latin castus ‘chaste"’

Old Galician-Portuguese casto

Portuguese casto ‘chaste’

Spanish casta ‘lineage, breed, race’

English caste

Today it means

noun A subgrouping of a caste.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subcaste”. 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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