English

subfusiform

From sub- + fusiform.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin fusus ‘spindle’

Today it means

adj Almost or imperfectly fusiform.

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

Etymograph / subfusiform