English

infraoral

From infra- + oral.

Formed from infra- + oral

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’

Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os

Proto-Italic *ōs ‘mouth’

Latin ōs ‘the mouth’

Late Latin ōrālis

English oral

Today it means

adj Below the mouth

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

Etymograph / infraoral