Etymology

subfossil

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Today it means: A partially fossilized organism. Full definition →

English fossil ← French fossile ← Latin fossili
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Latinfoss-
  7. Latinfossili
  8. Frenchfossile
  9. Englishfossil
  10. English todaysubfossil

From sub- + fossil.

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