submarine

noun

a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)

a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

verb

attack by submarine

control a submarine

bring down with a blow to the legs

throw with an underhand motion

move forward or under in a sliding motion

adjective

beneath the surface of the sea

Roots

subsub- · Latin · under, below mare-mar · Latin · sea

Synonyms for submarine

pigboatn underseaadj submersiblen subn underwateradj subaqueousadj bathyscaphen bathyspheren submergedadj submersedadj

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Where does submarine come from?

The word submarine breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: sub-, from Latin sub (“under, below”); and -mar, from Latin mare (“sea”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.