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The English [[prefix]] [[sub-]] first appeared in the [[Middle English]] period and seems to have been borrowed directly from [[Classical Latin|Latin]], although it previously existed in words borrowed from [[Old French]].  In Latin it was both a [[prefix]] and a [[preposition]] and they both had meanings (that survive in English) ranging from
*1. "under, beneath" (examples: [[subterranean]], [[submarine]])
*2. "subsidiary, secondary" (example: [[subplot]])
*3. "almost, nearly" (example: [[subhuman]])
*Its variant forms are: (combination with 's' involves [[elision]] and the rest involve [[assimilation (linguistics)|assimilation]])
*sub + c = suc- (example [[succession]])
*sub + f = suf- (example [[suffer]])
*sub + g = sug- (example [[suggestion]])
*sub + p = sup- (example [[support]])
*sub + r = sur- (example [[resurrection]])
*sub + s = su- (example [[suspect]])

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