subtitle, subhead, subheading (a heading below or after a title) · subtitle (textual versions of the dialogue in films (and similar media such as television or video games), usually displayed at the bottom of the screen) · closed caption
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese escrita, from Latin scrīpta, feminine form of scrīptus (“written”), from scrībō (“to write”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-.
köken: Sanskritic formation from उप- (up-) + शीर्षक (śīrṣak). Note that उपशीर्षक (upaśīrṣaka) in Sanskrit means "a kind of disease of the head", rather than "subtitle".
inscription, notice (text with information written on any material) · subtitle (textual versions of the dialog in films) · label, tag (a small piece of informational text)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Perfect participle of scrībō (“write”).