Etymograph

English

infraorbital

From infra- + orbital.

Formed from infra- + orbital

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 *h₃erbʰ- ‘to turn’

Latin orbita ‘a track or rut’

Medieval Latin orbitālis ‘Tracked, rutted’

English orbital

Today it means

adj Below the orbit of the eye.

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

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