👉 Subness, as a concept in linguistics, refers to the relationship between two or more words that are considered parts of a larger word. In other words, it is when one word is used as an element within another word or phrase, and the two words share the same root or base sound. For example: - "He" (substance) is a subword in the sentence "He [he] eats [eat]." - "The" (person) is a sub