Etymograph

English

subtissue

From sub- + tissue.

Formed from sub- + tissue

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Italic *teksō

Latin texō ‘to weave’

Old French tistre ‘to weave’

Old French tissu ‘woven’

Middle English tissu ‘tissue (silk fabric)’

English tissue

Today it means

adj Beneath tissue

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subtissue”. 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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