Etymology

subcompact

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Today it means: Something that is smaller than the compact version, especially a very small car. Full definition →

English compact ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishcompact
  5. English todaysubcompact

From sub- + compact.

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