Etymology

subdiscipline

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Today it means: A field of study or work that is related to one aspect, but not the whole, of a broader field of study or work. Full definition →

English discipline ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishdiscipline
  5. English todaysubdiscipline

From sub- + discipline.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.