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sub-atomic (adj.)[sub-atomic 词源字典]: also subatomic, 1874, from sub-atom (1868, from sub- + atom) + -ic.[sub-atomic etymology, sub-atomic origin, 英语词源]
sub-category (n.): also subcategory, 1855, from sub- + category (n.).
sub-deb (n.): "girl who will soon 'come out;'" hence, "girl in her mid-teens," 1917, from sub- + deb.
sub-giant (n.): also subgiant, in astronomy, of stars, 1937, from sub- + giant (n.).
sub-machine gun (n.): "light, portable machine gun," 1926, from sub- + machine gun.
sub-Saharan (adj.): 1955, from sub- + Saharan (see Sahara).
subaltern (n.): "junior military officer," 1680s, earlier more generally, "person of inferior rank" (c. 1600), noun use of adjective subaltern "having an inferior position, subordinate" (1580s), from Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + alternus "every other (one), one after the other" (see alternate (adj.)).
subclass (n.): also sub-class, 1802, from sub- + class (n.).
subcommittee (n.): also sub-committee, c. 1600, from sub- + committee.
subconscious (adj.): 1823, "not wholly conscious, feebly conscious" (implied in subconsciously), from sub- + conscious. First attested in De Quincey. The noun, in the psychological sense ("mental processes taking place without consciousness"), is attested from 1886, from adjectival sense "occurring in the mind, but not in consciousness;" earlier noun was subconsciousness (1845).
subcontinent (n.): also sub-continent, 1845, from sub- + continent (n.). Related: Subcontinental.
subcontract (n.): also sub-contract, "contract for carrying out all or part of a previous contract," 1817, from sub- + contract (n.). As a verb from 1828 (in Shakespeare it means "be betrothed again"). Related: Subcontracted; subcontracting.
subcontractor (n.): 1810, from sub- + contractor, or else an agent noun from subcontract.
subculture (n.): 1886, in reference to bacterial cultures, from sub- + culture (n.). From 1922 in reference to human cultures.
subcutaneous (adj.): also sub-cutaneous, "under the skin," 1650s, from sub- + cutaneous. Related: Subcutaneously.
subdenomination (n.): also sub-denomination, 1620s, from sub- + denomination.
subdivide (v.): early 15c. (transitive), from Late Latin subdividere from sub in the sense of "resulting from further division" (see sub-) + Latin dividere (see division). Intransitive sense is from 1590s.
subdivision (n.): early 15c., "process of dividing into smaller parts;" mid-15c., "portion of land that has been divided," noun of action from subdivide. Sense of "plot of land broken into lots for housing development" is from 1911.
subdominant (n.): also sub-dominant, 1793, in music, from sub- + dominant (n.).
subduce (v.): mid-15c., "to delete;" 1540s, "to withdraw oneself" (from a place, allegiance, etc.), from Latin subducere "to draw away, withdraw, remove," from sub- (see sub-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related: Subduced; subducing.