English
subconsensus
From sub- + consensus.
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to perceive’
Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
Latin sentiō ‘to sense’
Latin cōnsentiō ‘feel together’
Latin cōnsēnsus ‘agreement, accordance, unanimity’
English consensus
Today it means
adj Lacking consensus
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subconsensus”. 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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