Etymology

subrule

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Today it means: A narrow rule which defines the specific meaning of a broader rule Full definition →

English rule ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishrule
  5. English todaysubrule

From sub- + rule.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.