Etymology

suboxic

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Today it means: Describing a zone of water, between the oxic and anoxic zones, in which the concentration of oxygen (and sulfur) is very low Full definition →

English oxic ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishoxic
  5. English todaysuboxic

From sub- + oxic.

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