Etymology

subbranch

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Today it means: A branch that is itself an offshoot of a branch of something. Full definition →

English branch ← Latin sub- ← Proto-Italic *supo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Englishbranch
  7. English todaysubbranch

From sub- + branch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.