Etymograph

English

subslice

From sub- + slice.

Formed from sub- + slice

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- ‘to rend, injure, crumble’

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Proto-Germanic *slitjaną

Frankish *slitjan ‘to split up’

Old French esclice

Middle English sclise ‘slice, piece’

English slice

Today it means

noun A slice that makes up part of a larger slice.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subslice”. 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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