Etymograph

English

subsect

From sub- + sect.

Formed from sub- + sect

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Late Latin secta ‘a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,…’

Old French secte ‘a sect in philosophy or religion’

Middle English secte ‘a religion or religious organisation’

English sect

Today it means

noun A secondary or subsidiary sect.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subsect”. 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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