English

submenu

From sub- + menu.

A compound of sub- + menu

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘small, little’

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Latin minūtus ‘minute, tiny’

Old French menu ‘small’

Middle French menu ‘small’

French menu ‘slim, small, fine’

English menu

Today it means

noun A secondary menu available through another menu, especially one that branches off the first.

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