Etymology

subaerial

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Today it means: Formed, located or occurring on the Earth's land surface; contrasted with subaqueous Full definition →

English aerial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin āerius
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  8. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  9. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  10. Ancient Greekᾱ̓έρῐος (āérĭos)
  11. Latināerius
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishaerial
  15. English todaysubaerial

From sub- + aerial.

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