Etymograph

English

submonthly

From sub- + monthly.

Formed from sub- + monthly

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Middle English *monethly ‘monthly’

English monthly

Today it means

adj At a frequency of smaller periods than months; more often than monthly.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “submonthly”. 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.

Etymograph / submonthly