Etymograph

English

subchoice

From sub- + choice.

Formed from sub- + choice

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Old French choisir ‘to choose, perceive’

Old French chois ‘choice’

Middle English chois ‘the act of choosing’

English choice

Today it means

noun A secondary or subsidiary choice.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subchoice”. 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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