sub- / sup- / suf- / sug-
under, below; secondary; secretly
Latin · sub
Latin sub means under or below. It assimilates to the next letter: sup-port, suf-fer, sug-gest. It can also mean secondary (subtitle) or a smaller part (subcontinent).
Memory trick
sub- is a submarine: it sits under the surface where you cannot see.
Words from this root
- submarine (sub + marine) — a ship that goes under the seaपनडुब्बी
- subway (sub + way) — an underground railway or tunnelभूमिगत मार्ग
- subtract (sub + tract) — to take away from belowघटाना
- subtitle (sub + title) — a secondary title or captionउपशीर्षक
- suburb (sub + urb) — an area near a cityउपनगर
- subcontinent (sub + continent) — a large part of a continentउपमहाद्वीप
- submit (sub + mit) — to place under authority, hand inजमा करना
- support (sup + port) — to carry from belowसहारा देना
- suggest (sug + gest) — to carry up from below, proposeसुझाव देना
- suffer (suf + fer) — to bear from belowकष्ट सहना
- succeed (suc + ceed) — to follow after, achieveसफल होना
- subordinate (sub + ordinate) — lower in rankअधीनस्थ