Etymology

subgiant

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Today it means: A star that has left the main sequence but has not yet become a true giant star. Full definition →

English giant ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishgiant
  5. English todaysubgiant

From sub- + giant.

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