The story
- Latin · derived fromsub-“from below, up”
- Latin · derived fromsuggestiō
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromsuggestioun
- Middle English · inherited fromsuggestion
- English todaysuggestion
From Middle English suggestion, from Anglo-Norman suggestioun, sugestiun, from Latin suggestiō, from suggerō (“suggest”, verb), from Latin sub- (“from below, up”) + gerō (“to bring”). Equivalent to suggest + -ion. Related to English up-, cast.
Words from the same roots
Latinsub- all →
sojournsuccoursubalternsub-sublunarysubnival
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.