Etymology

subjacent

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Today it means: Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying. Full definition →

Latin subiaceō
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  1. Latin · derived fromsubiaceō“lie beneath”
  2. English todaysubjacent

From Latin subiaceō (“lie beneath”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.