Etymology

subscription

sub·scrip·tion
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Latin subscriptiō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsubscriptiō
  2. English todaysubscription

From Latin subscriptiō; by surface analysis, sub- + script + -ion. All senses reflect (either literally or figuratively) the notion of signing one's own name beneath some promise or description to indicate that one agrees with it or agrees to it.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.