Etymology

subligaculum

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Today it means: A kind of underwear worn in Ancient Rome. Full definition →

Latin subligāculum ← Proto-Italic *supo ← Proto-Indo-European *upó
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Latinligo
  6. Latinsubligō
  7. Latinsubligāculum
  8. English todaysubligaculum

Borrowed from Latin subligāculum.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.