English

hyponutrition

From hypo- + nutrition.

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

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Proto-Indo-European *snew-tr-ih₂ ‘female nurser’

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Latin nūtriō ‘to suckle, breastfeed, nurse’

Latin nutritio

Old French nutricion

Middle French nutrition

Today it means

noun undernutrition

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hyponutrition