The story
- Latin · derived fromsub-
- Late Latin · derived fromsubalternus
- Middle French · derived fromsubalterne
- English todaysubaltern
From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter.
Words from the same roots
Late Latinsubalternus all →
subalternal
Latinsub- all →
suggestionsojournsuccoursub-sublunarysubnival
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.