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Where does “subassembly” come from?

Subassembly comes from English assembly with the prefix sub- from Latin sub, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European upo meaning under.

subassembly (English): An assembly that is assembled with others to form...

Definitions

  1. An assembly that is assembled with others to form...

Ancestry of “subassembly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassemblyA set of pieces that work together in unison as a...
2Middle Englishassemblee—
3Anglo-Normanasembleean assembly
4Old Frenchasembleean assembly
5Old Frenchasemblerto collect up; to get together
6Latinassimulō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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