English
subplace
From sub- + place.
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‘to spread’
Ancient Greek πλατεῖα ‘broad (way); street’
Latin platēa ‘broad way, street; open space’
Old French place ‘place, open space’
Middle English place
English place
Today it means
noun A place that makes up part of another place.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subplace”. 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 / subplace