English

subcenter

From sub- + center.

Formed from sub- + center

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom ‘pointed tool’

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Ancient Greek κέντρον ‘something with a sharp point: point’

Latin centrum

Middle French centre

Middle English center

Today it means

noun A local center in a larger network

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

Etymograph / subcenter