Etymology

infra-

Today it means: below, beneath, inferior Full definition →

Latin īnfrā ← Proto-Italic *ferō ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  7. Proto-Italic*ferō
  8. Latinferō
  9. Latinīnferō
  10. Latinīnfrā
  11. English todayinfra-

Borrowed from Latin īnfrā (“below”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.