Etymograph

English

sublinear

From sub- + linear.

A compound of sub- + linear

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Italic *līnom

Latin līnum ‘flax’

Latin līneus ‘flaxen’

Latin līnea ‘line’

Latin līneāris ‘line-’

English linear

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sublinear”. 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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