Etymology

subtitle

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Today it means: A heading below or after a title. Full definition →

English title ← Middle English title ← Old English titul
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Latintitulus
  7. Old Englishtitul
  8. Middle Englishtitle
  9. Englishtitle
  10. English todaysubtitle

From sub- + title.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.