Etymology

subdiscal

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Today it means: Below the discal area of an insect Full definition →

English discal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French disque
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Ancient Greekδίσκος (dískos)
  7. Latindiscu
  8. Frenchdisque
  9. Englishdisc
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishdiscal
  13. English todaysubdiscal

From sub- + discal.

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