Etymograph

English

subprocessor

From sub- + processor.

Formed from sub- + processor

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Today it means

noun A microprocessor that makes up part of a larger processor.

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Etymograph / subprocessor