Etymograph

English

subcell

From sub- + cell.

A compound of sub- + cell

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to cover’

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Proto-Italic *kelnā

Latin cella ‘chamber, small room’

Old English cell

Middle English celle

English cell

Today it means

noun A subdivision of a cell.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subcell”. 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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