Etymograph

English

subcontrol

From sub- + control.

Formed from sub- + control

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Medieval Latin contrarotulare

Middle French contreroller ‘check against a duplicate account’

Middle English controllen ‘to restrain or keep in check’

English control

Today it means

noun A control making up part of a larger control.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subcontrol”. 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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