Etymology

subsidiary

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Today it means: Auxiliary or supplemental. Full definition →

Middle French subsidiaire ← Latin subsidiarius
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  1. Latin · derived fromsubsidiarius“belonging to a reserve”
  2. Middle French · derived fromsubsidiaire
  3. English todaysubsidiary

From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).

Words from the same roots

Latinsubsidiarius all →

subsidiarity

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.