{"era":"current","word":"subcommittee","meaning":"A committee formed from a subset of members of a larger committee.","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"sub-","meaning":"under, below","children":[],"language":"Latin"},{"era":"17th century","word":"committee","meaning":"a group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group","children":[{"era":"14th century","word":"commit","meaning":"to send, entrust","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"com-","meaning":"with, together","children":[],"language":"Latin"},{"era":"classical","word":"mittere","meaning":"to send, to let go","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"English"}],"language":"English"}],"language":"Modern English"}