Etymology

subfamily

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Today it means: A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe. Full definition →

English family ← Latin sub- ← Proto-Italic *supo
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Englishfamily
  7. English todaysubfamily

From sub- + family.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.