Etymograph

English

subtag

From sub- + tag.

Formed from sub- + tag

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Middle English tagge ‘small piece hanging from a garment’

English tag

Today it means

noun A tag that is secondary or subordinate to another tag.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subtag”. 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 / subtag