Etymology

subepidermal

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Today it means: Under the epidermis Full definition →

English epidermal ← Latin sub- ← Proto-Italic *supo
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Englishepidermal
  7. English todaysubepidermal

From sub- + epidermal.

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