Etymology

subdominant

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Today it means: The fourth tone of a scale. Full definition →

English dominant ← Middle French dominant ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Middle Frenchdominant
  7. Englishdominant
  8. English todaysubdominant

From sub- + dominant.

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