Etymology

subsatellite

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Today it means: A component of an artificial satellite that is released once in orbit. Full definition →

English satellite ← Middle French satellite ← Latin satellitem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Latinsatellitem
  7. Middle Frenchsatellite
  8. Englishsatellite
  9. English todaysubsatellite

From sub- + satellite.

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