English

subtexture

From sub- + texture.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin texō ‘to weave, knit’

Latin textūra ‘a weaving, web, texture, structure’

Middle French texture

Today it means

noun A texture that is part of another texture.

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

Etymograph / subtexture