Etymograph

English

subintima

From sub- + intima.

Formed from sub- + intima

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éntm̥mos ‘innermost’

Latin intimus ‘innermost’

Latin intima

English intima

Today it means

noun The area beneath an intima

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subintima”. 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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