subacoustic

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adjective

subsonic

OriginEnglish acoustic ← Medieval Latin acousticus ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectivesubacoustic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablesubsonic

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  11. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  12. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  13. Medieval Latinacousticus
  14. Englishacoustic
  15. Englishsubacoustic

From sub- + acoustic.

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APA

subacoustic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subacoustic

MLA

“subacoustic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subacoustic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subacoustic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subacoustic.

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