English
infraoccipital
From infra- + occipital.
Formed from infra- + occipital
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 *kap- ‘head’
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Latin caput ‘the head’
Latin occiput ‘the back of the head, occiput’
Medieval Latin occipitālis
Middle French occipital
English occipital
Today it means
adj Situated below the occiput.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / infraoccipital