Etymology of the English word subvention
the English word
subventionderived from the Latin word
subventioderived from the Latin word
subvenire (come to help, assist; rescue)
derived from the Latin word
venire (to come; go for sale, be sold , be disposed of for)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷā-using the Latin prefix
sub-derived from the Late Latin word
sub (under)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*upoDate
The earliest known usage of subvention in English dates from the 15th century.
Cognates
French
subvention, German
Subvention, Italian
sovvenzione, Norwegian
subvensjon, Spanish
subvencion, Swedish
subventionUsage
Word found in Modern English
