English

hypocingulum

From hypo- + cingulum.

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Latin cingō ‘to gird’

Latin cingulum ‘girdle’

Today it means

noun The cingulum or the hypovalve of a diatom

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Etymograph / hypocingulum