Etymology

subsultory

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Today it means: Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. Full definition →

New Latin subsultōrius
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromsubsultōrius
  2. English todaysubsultory

Borrowed from New Latin subsultōrius, as subsultim (“with leaps”) from subsilire (“to spring up”), from sub (“under”) + salire (“to leap”).

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