English
subnavigation
From sub- + navigation.
Formed from sub- + navigation
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- ‘to swim’
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Latin nāvigō ‘sail’
Latin nāvigātiō ‘sailing, navigation’
Latin nāvigātiōnem
Middle French navigation
English navigation
Today it means
noun A level of navigation below the primary level, such as that offered by a submenu.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subnavigation