subactivity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

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Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός (energētikós)sl.

Latin āctīvus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin āctīvitāsder.

Middle French activitébor.

English activity

English subactivity

From sub- + activity.

Noun

subactivity (plural subactivities)

1. An activity making up part of a larger activity.
   • 1969 April, Marcia M. Eaton, “Art, Artifacts, and Intentions”, in American Philosophical Quarterly, volume 6, number 2, →JSTOR, page 167:

     Unfortunately the term “explanation” when employed in connection with linguistic objects, particularly literary linguistic objects, is extremely vague. It is for this reason that I wish to divide the activity of explaining into two different subactivities: explication and interpretation.