English
subdeciduoussubdeciduous
From sub- + deciduous.
Formed from sub- + deciduous
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- ‘to fall’
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Proto-Italic *kadō ‘to fall, sink’
Latin cadō ‘to fall’
Latin dēcidō ‘to fall down or off’
Latin dēciduus ‘falling down or off’
English deciduous
Today it means
adj Synonym of semideciduous.
Sources
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