Etymology

subnet

S1U1B3N1E1T1

Today it means: The abstraction of a sequence. Full definition →

English net ← Middle English net ← Old English nett
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Germanic*natją
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  8. Old Englishnett
  9. Middle Englishnet
  10. Englishnet
  11. English todaysubnet

From sub- + net.

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