Etymology

subtheme

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Today it means: A specific theme within a larger theme. Full definition →

English theme ← Latin sub- ← Proto-Italic *supo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Englishtheme
  7. English todaysubtheme

From sub- + theme.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.