English
subweb
From sub- + web.
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ‘to weave, braid’
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Proto-Germanic *wabją ‘something woven; web’
Proto-West Germanic *wabi ‘something woven; web’
Old English webb ‘web’
Middle English web ‘woven fabric’
English web
Today it means
noun A web making up part of a larger web.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subweb”. 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.
Etymograph / subweb