Where does “subwavelength” come from?

subwavelength (English) comes from English wavelength, from English length, from Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþu, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

subwavelength (English): Having dimensions less than the wavelength of the...

Definitions

  1. Having dimensions less than the wavelength of the...

Ancestry of “subwavelength”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwavelengthThe length of a single cycle of a wave, as...
2EnglishlengthThe distance measured along the longest dimension...
3Middle Englishlengthelength
4Old Englishlengþulength
5Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
6Proto-Germaniclangazlong
7Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langiþō →