Etymology

infrasubspecific

Today it means: pertaining to a taxon at a rank lower than subspecies. The names of such taxa are not regulated by a nomenclatural code; they are not available names. Full definition →

English subspecific ← Old French specifique ← Latin sub-
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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. Englishinfra-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  13. Proto-Italic*supo
  14. Latinsub
  15. Latinsub-
  16. Englishsub-
  17. Old Frenchspecifique
  18. Englishspecific
  19. Englishsubspecific
  20. English todayinfrasubspecific

From infra- + subspecific.

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