Etymology

subacute

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Today it means: Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic. Full definition →

English acute ← Latin sub- ← Proto-Italic *supo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Englishacute
  7. English todaysubacute

From sub- + acute.

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