Sub-

(L.), by a imilation, before c , f , g , m , p , r , s — suc- , suf- , sug- , sum- , sup- , sur- , sus- ; under, from under, after, as sub ject, sus pect, suc ceed, suf fuse, sug gest, sum mon, sup port, sur prise, sus pend—also as s- in s ombre and so- in so journ.—Of Fr. origin, suc cour, sum mon; Eng. formations, sub let, sub- kingdom, sub- worker. [L. sub (which in O. Fr. became so- ).]