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subordinate

/səˈbɔːdəˌneɪt/suh-BAWR-duh-nayt
/səˈbɔɹdəˌneɪt/suh-BAWR-duh-nayt

Meaningranked under

Common meaning: lower in rank or importance

‘under’ + ‘a row, rank, ordered series’ → subordinate

Journey through time

  1. Latinōrdō, -inis‘a row, rank, ordered series’
  2. Englishsubordinate‘lower in rank or importance’ · today

sub- also in: subornsubtlesuburbsubmergesubaltern

ord also in: reorderdisorderpreorderdisorderly

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

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin ōrdō ‘a row, rank, ordered series’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ōrdō, p. 1277 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

disorderdisorderlypreorderreorder

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