English
submodifysubmodify
From sub- + modify.
Formed from sub- + modify
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Latin modificari ‘to measure off, set bound to, moderate’
Latin modificare ‘to limit, control, regulate, deponent’
Middle French modifier
Middle English modifien
English modify
Today it means
verb To modify using a submodifier
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “submodify”. 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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