English

submissile

From sub- + missile.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin mittō ‘to send’

Latin missilis ‘throwable, capable of being thrown’

Latin missile ‘thrown weapon, projectile’

Today it means

noun A missile that detaches from a larger missile.

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

Etymograph / submissile