subfloor

subfloor

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English floor
English subfloor

    From sub- + floor.

    Noun

    subfloor (plural subfloors)

    1. (construction) The floor structure supporting and underlying the visible flooring or other finishing surface such as a carpet
      • 2007 May 6, Tracie Rozhon, “The Good Bones Were Still There, Hidden Under the Additions”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        The original floor was still there: wide boards, laid tongue-in-groove, not the inferior subfloor they had predicted.

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