Etymology

subcommittee

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Today it means: A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members. Full definition →

English committee ← Middle English committen ← Latin committō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincon-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
  14. Proto-Italic*meitō
  15. Old Latinmītō
  16. Latinmittō
  17. Latincommittō
  18. Middle Englishcommitten
  19. Englishcommit
  20. Englishcommittee
  21. English todaysubcommittee

From sub- + committee.

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