subsite

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noun

A website that is subordinate to another website and hosted in its entirety under that site's domain name.

“Holonyms: website, site”

OriginEnglish site ← Middle English site ← Anglo-Norman site →
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Meanings

nounsubsite (plural subsites)

plural subsites

  1. InternetcomputingA website that is subordinate to another website and hosted in its entirety under that site's domain name.

    Holonyms: website, site

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Latinsitus
  5. Anglo-Normansite
  6. Middle Englishsite
  7. Englishsite
  8. Englishsubsite

From sub- + site.

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Cite this entry
APA

subsite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subsite

MLA

“subsite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subsite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subsite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subsite.

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