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Added 10 October 2026

subtribe

noun

Latin root: subtribus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about subtribe at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A tribe making up part of a larger tribe.
A taxonomic category ranking below tribe.

Origin

From sub- + tribe. In taxonomy, a semantic loan from New Latin subtribus.

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