Etymology

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Today it means: An item that is subordinated to another item. Full definition →

English item ← Middle English item ← Latin item
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Latinitem
  5. Middle Englishitem
  6. Englishitem
  7. English todaysubitem

From sub- + item.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.