Etymology

sub silencio

Today it means: in a clearly implied but not overtly stated way Full definition →

Latin sub silencio ← ['la ',
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The story

  1. ['la · borrowed from',
  2. Latin · borrowed fromsub silencio
  3. English todaysub silencio

Borrowed from Latin sub silencio (“beneath the silence”).

Words from the same roots

['la', all →

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