English

subleaf

From sub- + leaf.

Formed from sub- + leaf

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

Today it means

noun A smaller leaf making up part of a larger leaf.

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