English
subdiffusive
From sub- + diffusive.
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
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Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’
Latin fundō ‘to pour out, shed’
Latin diffundō ‘diffuse, disperse’
Latin diffusivus ‘tending to spread’
English diffusive
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to subdiffusion.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subdiffusive”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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