English
subligaculum
Subligaculum comes from Latin subligāculum ‘waistband, apron’, and goes back to subligō ‘to tie below’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubligō‘to tie below’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubligāculum‘waistband, apron’
- Englishtodaysubligaculum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubligō‘to tie below’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubligāculum‘waistband, apron’
- Englishtodaysubligaculum
Every English word from Latin subligō
Today it means
noun A kind of underwear worn in Ancient Rome.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin subligō / subligaculum