subbasement

subbasement

See also: sub-basement

English

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Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English base
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-məntom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English basement
English subbasement

    From sub- + basement.

    Noun

    subbasement (plural subbasements)

    1. A basement located beneath another basement.
      • 2007 February 8, David W. Dunlap, “What May Have Made Good Neighbors Now Present a Puzzle”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Joan H. Geismar is trying to unravel the mystery of old stone walls in the subbasement of Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street.

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