Etymograph

English

subsegment

From sub- + segment.

A compound of sub- + segment

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’

Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’

Latin secō ‘to cut’

Latin segmentum ‘a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the…’

English segment

Today it means

noun A segment wholly contained in another.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subsegment”. 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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