English

subflock

From sub- + flock.

Formed from sub- + flock

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Germanic *flukkaz ‘crowd, troop’

Proto-West Germanic *flokk

Old English flocc ‘flock, company, troop’

Middle English flok

English flock

Today it means

noun A subset of a flock (of animals)

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

Etymograph / subflock