Etymograph

English

subpersonal

From sub- + personal.

A compound of sub- + personal

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin persōna ‘person’

Late Latin persōnālis ‘of a person’

Anglo-Norman personel

Middle English personal

English personal

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to factors underlying the personal level of moral explanation, such as biological or chemical factors

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subpersonal”. 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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