Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Capable of being subscripted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybh- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybheti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English subscript Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English subscriptable From subscript + -able.
