Etymology

subfolder

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Today it means: A folder within another folder. Full definition →

English folder ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishfolder
  5. English todaysubfolder

From sub- + folder.

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