English
infranatant
From infra- + natant.
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 *(s)neh₂- ‘to swim’
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Proto-Italic *(s)nāō ‘to swim’
Latin nō ‘to swim’
Latin natō ‘to swim’
Latin natāns ‘swimming’
English natant
Today it means
adj Lying below a sediment or precipitate
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / infranatant