English
subproposition
From sub- + proposition.
Formed from sub- + proposition
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’
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Latin prōpōnō ‘to set forth, to put forth, to lay out’
Latin prōpositiō ‘proposition, representation’
Old French proposicion
Middle English proposicioun ‘a proposition or assertion’
English proposition
Today it means
noun A proposition making up part of a greater proposition.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subproposition”. 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 / subproposition