English
subcharacteristic
From sub- + characteristic.
A compound of sub- + characteristic
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός
English characteristic
Today it means
noun A characteristic that is one of the properties that work together to define a particular characteristic.
Sources
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