Submarine, a warship with underwater travel capabilities. Submersible, an underwater vehicle designed to be completely submerged or operate while submerged.
We've got a sub in English this week because our teacher's home with the flu. a submarine sandwich. a submissive in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship. a subcontractor. a sublieutenant. a subordinate. a subaltern. British. an advance against one's wages, especially one granted as a subsistence allowance. Photography. a substratum.
Sub- is added to the beginning of adjectives in order to form other adjectives that describe someone or something as inferior, for example inferior to normal people or to normal things.
sub- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "under, below, beneath'': subsoil; subway. sub- is also used to mean "just outside of, near'': subalpine; subtropical.
Shortened form of any of various words beginning sub-, such as submarine, subroutine, substitute, subscription. The sandwich is so called because the bun's cylindrical shape resembles the shape of a submarine. From Latin sub.