English
subspinalsubspinal
From sub- + spinal.
Formed from sub- + spinal
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’
Proto-Italic *speinā ‘thorn’
Latin spīna ‘a prickle, spine’
Late Latin spīnālis ‘of or belonging to the spine’
English spinal
Today it means
adj subspinous
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subspinal”. 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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