Etymograph

English

sublabel

From sub- + label.

Formed from sub- + label

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘blade’

Proto-Germanic *lappǭ

Frankish *lappā ‘torn piece of cloth’

Old French label ‘strip of fabric’

Middle English label ‘narrow band’

English label

Today it means

noun A label (for example, on a diagram) that is subordinate to another label.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sublabel”. 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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