Etymograph

English

subpool

From sub- + pool.

Formed from sub- + pool

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Germanic *pōlaz ‘pool’

Proto-West Germanic *pōl

Old English pōl ‘pool’

Middle English pool

English pool

Today it means

noun A pool making up part of a larger pool; a subgroup or subcategory.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subpool”. 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 / subpool