Etymograph

English

subrack

From sub- + rack.

Formed from sub- + rack

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’

Middle Dutch rac

Middle English rakke

English rack

Today it means

noun A narrow rack for computer equipment, designed to fit into a larger rack.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subrack”. 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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