Etymology

suborder

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Today it means: A taxonomic category below order and above infraorder. Full definition →

English order ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishorder
  5. English todaysuborder

From sub- + order.

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