Etymology

subassembly

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Today it means: An assembly that is assembled with others to form a larger assembly. Full definition →

English assembly ← Latin sub- ← Proto-Italic *supo
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Englishassembly
  7. English todaysubassembly

From sub- + assembly.

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