English

sublanceolate

From sub- + lanceolate.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin lanceolātus ‘armed with a lance’

Today it means

adj Almost lanceolate

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

Etymograph / sublanceolate