Etymograph

English

submagic

From sub- + magic.

Formed from sub- + magic

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Old Persian Old Persian form ‘Mazdean priest’

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Ancient Greek μαγικός ‘magical’

Latin magicus ‘magic, magical’

Old French magique

Middle English magik

English magic

Today it means

adj Having less than the magic number of nucleons.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “submagic”. 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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