Etymograph

English

subquestion

From sub- + question.

Formed from sub- + question

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin quaerere ‘to seek’

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Latin quaestiōnem

Old French question

Anglo-Norman questiun

Middle English questioun ‘a problem’

English question

Today it means

noun A question making up part of a larger question.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subquestion”. 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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