English
subseptic
From sub- + septic.
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Ancient Greek σήψ ‘putrefying sore’
Ancient Greek σήπω ‘to make rotten or putrid’
Ancient Greek σηπτός ‘rotten, spoiled (of food)’
Ancient Greek σηπτικός ‘characterized by putridity’
English septic
Today it means
adj Relating to subsepsis
Sources
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