subcommittee.
A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
Meaning & usage
A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin committōbor. Middle English committen English commit English -ee English committee English subcommittee From sub- + committee.
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