English
subfunctionalization
From sub- + functionalization.
A compound of sub- + functionalization
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Today it means
noun The independent specialization of the two gene copies formed by duplication.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subfunctionalization”. 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 / subfunctionalization