subcharacterize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Pre-Greekbor.?
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek χαράκ-ι̯ω (kharák-i̯ō)?
Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Hellenic *-tḗr
Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr)
Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)
Ancient Greek χᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)der.
Medieval Latin charactērizōder.
English characterize
English subcharacterize

    From sub- + characterize.

    Verb

    subcharacterize (third-person singular simple present subcharacterizes, present participle subcharacterizing, simple past and past participle subcharacterized)

    1. To identify subcharacteristics
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