English
subcompetition
From sub- + competition.
Formed from sub- + competition
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Latin petō ‘to seek’
Latin competō ‘to come together, meet’
Late Latin competītiō
French compétition
English competition
Today it means
noun A secondary or subsidiary (level of) competition.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subcompetition”. 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.
Etymograph / subcompetition