The term "subdwarf" was coined by Gerard Kuiper in 1939, to refer to a series of stars with anomalous spectra that were previously labeled as "intermediate white dwarfs".
Termenul de subpitică a fost inventat de către Gerard Kuiper în 1939, pentru a se referi la o serie de stele cu spectre anomale care anterior erau numite ca fiind pitice albe intermediare.