Etymograph

English

sublux

Sublux comes from New Latin subluxāre ‘to subluxate’.

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900subluxāre1‘to subluxate’
  2. Englishtodaysublux1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sublux

Lineage

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900subluxāreWiktionary, English sublux‘to subluxate’
  2. EnglishtodaysubluxWiktionary, English sublux

Formed from sub- + lux

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘white’

Proto-Indo-European *léwks

Proto-Italic *louks

Latin lūx ‘light’

English lux

The story

Also parsed as a clipping of subluxate and equivalent to sub- + lux.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Every English word from New Latin subluxāre

Today it means

verb Synonym of subluxate: to partially dislocate or displace.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sublux”. 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 / New Latin subluxāre / sublux

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