subclan

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noun

A branch of a larger clan.

OriginEnglish clan ← Scottish Gaelic clann ← Middle Irish clann →
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Meanings

nounsubclan (plural subclans)

plural subclans · alternative sub-clan

  1. A branch of a larger clan.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
  10. Proto-Italic*plāntā?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
  13. Proto-Italic*plānktā
  14. Latinplanta
  15. Old Welshplant
  16. Old Irishcland
  17. Middle Irishclann
  18. Irishclann
  19. Middle Irishclann
  20. Scottish Gaelicclann
  21. Englishclan
  22. Englishsubclan

From sub- + clan.

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APA

subclan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subclan

MLA

“subclan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subclan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subclan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subclan.

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