Talk:sub-

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Sublime links here, as its prefix is "Sub", however it makes no sense. Take a look:

From sublime page:
 * Latin sub- ('up to' or 'upwards')

From Sub- page:
 * sub-
 * "under, beneath" (examples: subterranean, submarine)
 * "subsidiary, secondary" (example: subplot)
 * "almost, nearly" (example: subhuman)

Can someone please explain. 195.174.104.173 15:31, 13 January 2007 (UTC)... Just got an account: SadanYagci 15:32, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Either sub- is incorrect or sublime is incorrect. Where is the template for "This page ([page name here]) contradicts this page: [page name here]" that is at Wikipedia? Also doesn't the prefix "sub-" mean "within", "in", or "a part of"; examples of that meaning: "subset", "substring", "subdomain", and "subsequence". --Spunionztastic (talk) 04:45, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Why prefix sub- means "up to"? 31.14.95.79 07:18, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

from wikipedia
The English prefix sub- first appeared in the Middle English period and seems to have been borrowed directly from Latin, although it previously existed in words borrowed from Old French. In Latin it was both a prefix and a preposition. Meanings found in English include:
 * "under, beneath" (examples: subterranean, submarine)
 * "subsidiary, secondary" (example: subplot)
 * "almost, nearly" (example: subhuman)
 * (a few usages) "similar to but smaller": submachine gun, subnotebook

Forms

Its sandhi variant forms are:
 * Assimilation:
 * sub + c → succ- (example succession)
 * sub + f → suff- (example suffer)
 * sub + g → sugg- (example suggestion)
 * sub + p → supp- (example support)
 * sub + r → surr- (example resurrection)
 * Elision:
 * sub (before s + another consonant) → su- (example suspect)

Usage notes
I see an issue with the "usage notes" section: The two different classes "sub + sp" and "sub + s" are listed, while both classes' examples seem to belong to the first class: suspect and suspire. I've tried to come up with an example of the second class and found "subside", which suggests that "sub + s" doesn't cause any change of the prefix. However, I don't know whether (a) this is a "legimitate" example and (b) the contraction is a necessity or just an option (i.e. there are words where the letter is assimilated, while for others this is not the case).

Since I'm a layperson, I will not make any changes to the article, but I wanted to bring it up. --Bfx 12:29, 28 April 2011 (UTC)