Etymology

subdirectory

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Today it means: A directory located inside another directory. Full definition →

English directory ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishdirectory
  5. English todaysubdirectory

From sub- + directory.

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