Etymology

subfraction

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Today it means: The result of fractionating a fraction into smaller components Full definition →

English fraction ← Middle English fraccioun ← Old French fraccion
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Old Frenchfraccion
  5. Middle Englishfraccioun
  6. Englishfraction
  7. English todaysubfraction

From sub- + fraction.

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