English

subaridity

From sub- + aridity.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- ‘to be dry, to dry’

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Proto-Italic *āzēō

Latin āreō ‘to be dry or parched’

Latin āridus ‘dry, parched, withered, arid’

Latin āriditās ‘dryness’

Today it means

noun The quality of being subarid.

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

Etymograph / subaridity