I want to subscript with characters to make output of a matrix, and followings can be done Subscript[a, bb] // TraditionalForm Subscript[a, b,b] // TraditionalForm Subscript[Subscript[a, b], b] // TraditionalForm The results are following $$ a_{bb}\\ a_{b,b}\\ a_{b_b} $$ I want the first format. But, I need to subscript $a$ with elements inside a list, so, list = {b,c,d}; Subscript[a, list[[1]] list[[1]]] // TraditionalForm Subscript[a, list[[1]], list[[1]]] // TraditionalForm Subscript[Subscript[a, list[[1]]], list[[1]]] // TraditionalForm Then, the result is $$ a_{b^2}\\ a_{b,b}\\ a_{b_b} $$ I don't want the second or the third. So, How do I prevent that $b^2$? Or, how do I erase comma from second code?