English

subroute

From sub- + route.

Formed from sub- + route

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin rupta via ‘a path made by force’

Old French rote ‘route’

Middle English route

English route

Today it means

noun A secondary or subsidiary route.

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

Etymograph / subroute