English

subalignment

From sub- + alignment.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Italic *līnom

…

Old French alignier

Middle French aligner

French aligner ‘to align’

French alignement ‘alignment (all senses)’

Today it means

noun An internal segment of a protein (or corresponding DNA) alignment.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / subalignment