English

submodel

From sub- + model.

Formed from sub- + model

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *med- ‘to measure’

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Latin modulus ‘measure, standard’

Vulgar Latin *modellus

Old Italian modello

Middle French modelle ‘template’

English model

Today it means

noun A distinct part of a larger model.

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

Etymograph / submodel