Etymograph

English

subpeak

From sub- + peak.

A compound of sub- + peak

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Old English Pēac- ‘peak (in place names)’

Middle English pek ‘peak’

English peak

Today it means

noun Any but the highest of a cluster of peaks.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subpeak”. 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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