English

subproject

From sub- + project.

A compound of sub- + project

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként

Latin iaciō ‘throw’

Latin prōiciō ‘throw forth’

Latin prōiectus ‘discharged’

Today it means

noun A project within a larger project.

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

Etymograph / subproject