English

subweight

From sub- + weight.

Formed from sub- + weight

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Germanic *wihtiz

Old English wiht

Middle English weight

Today it means

noun A weight making up part of a larger weight.

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

Etymograph / subweight