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sub⋅tile

  [suht-l, suhb-til]
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–adjective, -til⋅er, -til⋅est.
subtle.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L subtīlis fine (orig. of fabric), equiv. to sub- sub- + -tīlis, akin to tēla cloth on a loom, loom (< *tekslā, deriv. of texere to weave; see text )

Related forms:
sub⋅tile⋅ly, adverb
sub⋅tile⋅ness, noun
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sub·tile   (sŭt'l, sŭb'təl)   
adj.  Subtle.

[Middle English, from Old French subtil, from Latin subtīlis, fine, delicate; see subtle.]
sub'tile·ly adv., sub·til'i·ty (səb-tĭl'ĭ-tē), sub'tile·ness (sŭt'l-nĭs, sŭb'təl-), sub'til·ty (sŭt'l-tē, sŭb'təl-) n.
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Word Origin & History

subtile 
c.1374, "clever, dexterous," from O.Fr. subtil (14c.), from L. subtilis "fine, thin, delicate" (see subtle). A Latinized refashioning of the O.Fr. source of subtle.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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