subordinate

Meanings

Adjective

• Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
• Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
• dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
• Descending in a regular series.

Noun

• One who is subordinate.

Verb

• To make subservient.
• To treat as of less value or importance.
• To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.

Origin

• From Middle English subordinat, from Medieval Latin subōrdinātus, past participle of subordino, from sub- + ordino.