English
subnominalsubnominal
From sub- + nominal.
Formed from sub- + nominal
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Hittite Hittite form ‘to sue, judge’
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Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ ‘name’
Latin nōmen ‘name’
Latin nōminālis ‘of names’
Middle English nominalle ‘of nouns’
English nominal
Today it means
adj Less than nominal
Sources
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Etymograph / subnominal
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