Etymology

subnetwork

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Today it means: A subsection of a network. Full definition →

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

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Proto-Germanic*natją
  5. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  6. Old Englishnett
  7. Middle Englishnet
  8. Englishnet
  9. Englishwork
  10. Englishnetwork
  11. English todaysubnetwork

From sub- + network.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.