English

subdrain

From sub- + drain.

Formed from sub- + drain

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Germanic *draugiz ‘hard, solid’

Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną

Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn

Old English drēahnian ‘to drain’

Middle English *dreinen

English drain

Today it means

noun A drain below the surface of the ground.

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

Etymograph / subdrain