English

hyposaline

From hypo- + saline.

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

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Italic *sāls ‘salt’

Latin sal ‘salt’

Medieval Latin salīna ‘salt pan, salt works’

Middle English salyne

Today it means

adj Having an abnormally low salinity.

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

Etymograph / hyposaline