Etymology

subacid

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Today it means: Somewhat acidic. Full definition →

English acid ← French acide ← Latin acidu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*akēō
  9. Latinaceō
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  11. Latinacidu
  12. Frenchacide
  13. Englishacid
  14. English todaysubacid

From sub- + acid.

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