Etymograph

English

subblock

From sub- + block.

Formed from sub- + block

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ‘thick plank’

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Old Dutch *blok ‘log’

Middle Dutch blok ‘treetrunk’

Old French bloc ‘log’

Middle English blok ‘log’

English block

Today it means

noun A block (of data, etc.) making up part of a larger block.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subblock”. 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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