English

subclump

From sub- + clump.

Formed from sub- + clump

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Middle English clompe ‘a clump or lump’

English clump

Today it means

noun A clump of dark matter in a subhalo.

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

Etymograph / subclump