Etymology

subkingdom

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Today it means: A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum. Full definition →

English kingdom ← Middle English kingdom ← Old English cyningdōm
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  5. Proto-Germanic*kunją
  6. Proto-Germanic*kuningaz
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
  9. Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
  10. Proto-Germanic*kuningadōmaz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*kuningadōm
  12. Old Englishcyningdōm
  13. Middle Englishkingdom
  14. Englishkingdom
  15. English todaysubkingdom

From sub- + kingdom.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.