Etymograph

English

subplatter

sub- + platter

Formed from sub- + platter

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Vulgar Latin *platta

Old French plate ‘metal plate’

Anglo-Norman plater

Middle English plater

English platter

Today it means

noun A smaller disk attached to the main platter in a turntable.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subplatter”. 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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