English

subcostate

From sub- + costate.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin costa ‘rib’

Latin costātus ‘ribbed’

Today it means

adj Somewhat or nearly costate.

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

Etymograph / subcostate