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Subtle.
From Latin subtilis (“fine, thin, slender, delicate"), perhaps, from sub (“under") + tela (“a web, fabric"); see tela, toil.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French subtil from Latin subtīlis fine, delicate subtle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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