English

subarcuate

From sub- + arcuate.

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos ‘bow, arrow’

Proto-Italic *arkuos ‘bow’

Latin arcus ‘bow’

Latin arcuātus ‘curved, arched’

Today it means

adj Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.

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

Etymograph / subarcuate