English

subclone

From sub- + clone.

A compound of sub- + clone

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Ancient Greek κλών ‘twig’

English clone

Today it means

noun A clone or descendant of a mutant occurring in a previous clone

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Etymograph / subclone