Etymology

subterminal

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Today it means: Positioned near an end Full definition →

English terminal ← Late Latin terminālis ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Late Latinterminālis
  5. Englishterminal
  6. English todaysubterminal

From sub- + terminal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.