English
subgeniculate
From sub- + geniculate.
Formed from sub- + geniculate
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu ‘knee’
Proto-Italic *genu
Latin genū ‘knee’
Latin geniculum ‘little knee’
Latin geniculātus ‘with bended knee’
English geniculate
Today it means
adj Almost or imperfectly geniculate.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subgeniculate”. 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.
Etymograph / subgeniculate