English
supragranular
From supra- + granular.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
…
Proto-Italic *superos ‘upper’
Proto-Italic *superād ‘above’
Old Latin suprād
Latin suprā ‘above, on the top, on the upper side’
English supra-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’
Proto-Italic *grānom ‘grain’
Latin grānum ‘grain, seed’
Latin ulum
Late Latin grānulum ‘granule, little grain’
English granular
Today it means
adj Lying above the granular layer of the cerebellum
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “supragranular”. 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 / supragranular