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sub

under /sub/

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Also: beneath, below

Example sentences

Pisica doarme sub masă.
The cat sleeps under the table.
Cartea este sub scaun.
The book is under the chair.
Am pus cheile sub covor.
I put the keys under the rug.
Copilul se ascunde sub pat de fiecare dată.
The child hides under the bed every time.
Sub conducerea noului director, compania s-a schimbat mult.
Under the new director's leadership, the company changed a lot.
Documentele au rămas clasificate sub secret de stat timp de zeci de ani.
The documents stayed classified under state secrecy for decades.

Word family

subsolbasement, cellarsubmarinsubmarine
subordonatsubordinate
subteranunderground
substratsubstrate, underlying layer

Etymology

Sub comes directly from the Latin preposition sub, meaning under or beneath. Latin sub traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root for under. Romanian kept both the standalone preposition and its use as a prefix in compound words, much as Latin did.

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