English

subcircular

From sub- + circular.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Old French circulier

Middle English circuler

Today it means

adj Nearly circular; approaching a circular form.

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

Etymograph / subcircular