A subordinate; a subaltern.
From Latin 'sufficere'. Derived from ''sub' meaning up to, and root of 'facere' meaning to make
Sub- sub, meaning under mit- mitto, mittere, mitti, misus, meaning to send
subscribere means "to write beneath" ' (subscribere in the latin root for subscribe) :D
Sub is Latin and means "under" (the Greek equivalent is hypo).
Subterranean is Latin in origin: from "terra" meaning earth, and the prefix "sub-" meaning under. Thus, subterranean means, "under the earth," or hidden.
Sub is not used as a suffix it is used as a prefix. As I was taught sub means under or below like in subway. The way is under the city.
under = sub
sub mariner
Sub aqua
Under
Sub rosa
Sub rosa, meaning "under the rose."