subordinate
‘lower in order or rank’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. subordynat < Med.Lat. subordinatus ‘placed in a lower order, made subject’ <subordinare ‘place in a low order’ < Lat. sub ‘close to, up to, towards’ <(s)up- + ordinare ‘arrange, set in order’ < suhb < upo < Tamil uppu