Etymograph

English

subbundle

From sub- + bundle.

Formed from sub- + bundle

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Middle English bundel

English bundle

Today it means

noun A collection of linear subspaces of the fibers Vₓ of V at x in X (where V is a vector bundle and X a topological space), that make up a vector bundle in their own right.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subbundle”. 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 / subbundle