Etymograph

English

infraclass

From infra- + class.

A compound of infra- + class

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’

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Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’

Latin ferō ‘to bear’

Latin īnferō ‘to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in,…’

Latin īnfrā ‘below’

English infra-

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call’

Latin classis ‘a class or division of the people’

Middle French classe

English class

Today it means

noun A zoological classification sometimes inserted below subclass and above subterclass (rarely used) and superorder.

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

Etymograph / infraclass