Etymograph

English

substyle

From sub- + style.

Formed from sub- + style

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin stilus ‘a stake’

Medieval Latin stylus

Middle English stile ‘writing tool’

English style

Today it means

noun A secondary or subsidiary style.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “substyle”. 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 / substyle