Etymograph

English

subcommunity

From sub- + community.

A compound of sub- + community

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to change’

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Latin commūnis ‘common’

Latin commūnitās ‘community; public spirit’

Old French communité

Middle English communite

English community

Today it means

noun A community that exists as part of a larger community.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subcommunity”. 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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