subcontract
/səbˈkɒntˌɹækt/suhb-KON-trakt
/səbˈkɑntˌɹækt/suhb-KAHN-trakt
Meaningan under-contract
Common meaning: to hire another firm for part of a job
- subunder; from below
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- tractto pull, dragLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1885 · scan
‘under’ + ‘with, together’ + ‘to pull, drag’ → subcontract
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin trahō ‘to pull, drag’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry trahō, p. 1885 · dictionary scan
Roots
- trahō, trāxī, tractum Latin “to pull, drag”
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