Etymograph

English

subissue

From sub- + issue.

Formed from sub- + issue

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin eō ‘go’

Latin exeō ‘go out’

Old French issir ‘to exit’

Old French issue ‘an exit’

Middle English issue ‘an outwards flow or discharge’

English issue

Today it means

noun Synonym of subproblem.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subissue”. 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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