Etymograph

English

suboperation

From sub- + operation.

Formed from sub- + operation

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin opus ‘work’

Latin operor ‘to work’

Latin operātiō

Old French operacion ‘action’

Middle English operacioun

English operation

Today it means

noun An operation making up part of a larger operation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “suboperation”. 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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