English
subrefugiumsubrefugium
From sub- + refugium.
Formed from sub- + refugium
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-
Proto-Italic *fugjō ‘to flee’
Latin fugiō ‘to flee, fly, take flight, escape, depart,…’
Latin refugiō ‘flee back, escape’
Latin refugium ‘refuge’
English refugium
Today it means
noun A subordinate refugium
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subrefugium”. 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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