subordination
/səˌbɔːdəˈneɪʃən/suh-bawr-duh-NAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/səˌbɔɹdəˈneɪʃən/suh-bawr-duh-NAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of subordinating
Common meaning: being placed lower
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- subunder; from below
- orda row, rank, ordered seriesLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1277 · scan
- inatverb ending: to cause or produce
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘under’ + ‘a row, rank, ordered series’ → subordination
Journey through time
- Latinōrdō, -inis‘a row, rank, ordered series’
- Englishsubordinate‘lower in rank or importance’
- Englishformed in English from subordinatesubordination‘being placed lower’ · today
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from subordinate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SUBORDINATE, p.606 · scan
Roots
- ōrdō, -inis Latin “a row, rank, ordered series”
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