Etymology

subpattern

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Today it means: A pattern that is contained in another, larger pattern. Full definition →

English pattern ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishpattern
  5. English todaysubpattern

From sub- + pattern.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.