English

subcapacity

From sub- + capacity.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Italic *kapjō

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Latin capāx ‘that can hold much’

Latin capācitās ‘capability, capacity’

Old French capacite

Middle English capacite

Today it means

noun A usage that is less than the capacity of a system

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

Etymograph / subcapacity