English
subappendix
From sub- + appendix.
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- ‘to stretch’
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Proto-Italic *pendō ‘to hang, put in a hanging position’
Latin pendō ‘to weigh, weigh out’
Latin appendō ‘hang upon’
Latin appendix ‘appendage’
English appendix
Today it means
noun An appendix that is subsidiary to another appendix.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subappendix”. 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.
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