English

subforaminal

From sub- + foraminal.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- ‘to pierce’

Latin forō ‘to pierce or bore’

Latin forāmen ‘opening, aperature, hole’

Today it means

adj Beneath the foramen

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

Etymograph / subforaminal