Etymograph

English

subflow

From sub- + flow.

Formed from sub- + flow

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Germanic *flōaną ‘to flow’

Proto-West Germanic *flōan ‘to flow’

Old English flōwan ‘to flow’

Middle English flowen

Middle English flowe

English flow

Today it means

noun An element of a flow (on a flowchart)

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subflow”. 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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