Etymograph

English

subrange

From sub- + range.

A compound of sub- + range

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Germanic *hringaz ‘ring, circle’

Frankish *hring

Old French rang ‘a rank, row’

Old French rengier ‘to range, rank’

Middle English rengen

English range

Today it means

noun A subdivision of a mountain range.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subrange”. 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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