Etymology

subpermafrost

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Today it means: The non-frozen ground below the permafrost Full definition →

English permafrost ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishpermafrost
  5. English todaysubpermafrost

From sub- + permafrost.

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