English
sublingually
From sublingual + -ly.
Formed from sublingual + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’
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Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’
Latin lingua ‘the tongue’
Latin linguālis ‘relating to the tongue’
New Latin sublinguālis
English sublingual
Today it means
adv Under the tongue.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sublingually”. 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 / sublingually