English

subquery

From sub- + query.

A compound of sub- + query

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin quaerō ‘seek, look for’

Latin quaere

English query

Today it means

noun A query embedded within a more extensive query, relating only to the data returned by the parent query.

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Etymograph / subquery