English

subohm

From sub- + ohm.

Formed from sub- + ohm

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz ‘maternal uncle’

Proto-West Germanic *auhaim ‘maternal uncle’

English ohm

Today it means

adj On a scale of less than an ohm.

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