Subordination is the placing of one thing under the authority of another. Subordination to the state, a chain of subordination, subordination of debt.
In finance it is precise and consequential, since a loan marked for subordination is paid only after everything senior to it, which is why it costs more to borrow. In grammar, subordination is what turns a sentence into a clause that cannot stand alone.
1nounsubordinationThe placing of one thing under the authority of another.
“The new law ensures the subordination of the army to the elected government.”
subordination is a placing.
Medieval Latin subordinatio comes from sub, under, plus ordinare, to arrange.
Middle French
subordination
English, today
subordination
From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin - subordinatio.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA