Sub- ::
Sub- () A
prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence
often, in an
inferior position or
degree, in an
imperfect or
partial state, as in
subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin
compounds often
becomes sum-
before m, sur
before r, and
regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup-
before c, f, g, and p
respectively. Before c, p, and t it
sometimes takes form sus- (by the
dropping of b from a
collateral form,
subs-)..