Etymology

subclan

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Today it means: A branch of a larger clan. Full definition →

English clan ← Scottish Gaelic clann ← Middle Irish clann
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
  10. Proto-Italic*plāntā?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
  13. Proto-Italic*plānktā
  14. Latinplanta
  15. Old Welshplant
  16. Old Irishcland
  17. Middle Irishclann
  18. Irishclann
  19. Middle Irishclann
  20. Scottish Gaelicclann
  21. Englishclan
  22. English todaysubclan

From sub- + clan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.