Etymology

subdiagram

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Today it means: A diagram making up part of a larger diagram, or obtained by removing sections of the larger one. Full definition →

English diagram ← French diagramme ← Italian diagramma
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  9. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  10. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  12. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  13. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  14. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́μμᾰ (grắmmă)
  15. Ancient Greekδιάγραμμα (diágramma)
  16. Italiandiagramma
  17. Frenchdiagramme
  18. Englishdiagram
  19. English todaysubdiagram

From sub- + diagram.

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