English
subschemesubscheme
From sub- + scheme.
Formed from sub- + scheme
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’
…
Proto-Hellenic *skʰḗmə
Ancient Greek σχῆμα ‘form, shape’
Medieval Latin schēma ‘figure, form’
Middle English scheame
English scheme
Today it means
noun A subset of a scheme
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subscheme”. 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 / subscheme
Shirt and support for this word