Etymology

subungual

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Today it means: under a toenail or fingernail Full definition →

English ungual ← Latin sub- ← Proto-Italic *supo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Englishungual
  7. English todaysubungual

From sub- + ungual.

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