Etymograph

English

subsampler

From sub- + sampler.

Formed from sub- + sampler

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin exemplāris ‘exemplary’

Old French essamplaire ‘example’

English sampler

Today it means

noun A device used to obtain subsamples

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subsampler”. 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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