Etymograph

English

subelection

From sub- + election.

Formed from sub- + election

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’

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Latin ēligō ‘to pluck out, to choose’

Latin ēlectiō ‘choice, selection’

Anglo-Norman eleccioun

Middle English eleccioun

English election

Today it means

noun A secondary or subordinate election.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subelection”. 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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