English
suballocation
From sub- + allocation.
Formed from sub- + allocation
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Medieval Latin allocātiō ‘the act of allocating or leasing’
Middle French allocacion
English allocation
Today it means
noun A secondary or subsidiary allocation; a further allocation of part of something previously allocated.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “suballocation”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / suballocation