English
subcomputation
From sub- + computation.
Formed from sub- + computation
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Latin putus
…
Latin computō ‘sum up, reckon, compute’
Latin computatiō ‘calculation, reckoning, computation’
Middle French computation
Middle English computacioun ‘Computation, calculation’
English computation
Today it means
noun A computation making up part of a larger computation.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subcomputation”. 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 / subcomputation