English

submiliary

From sub- + miliary.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘to grind, crush’

Latin milium ‘millet’

Latin miliārius ‘of or pertaining to millet’

Today it means

adj Designating large tuberculous masses formed by the coalescence of many miliary tubercles.

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

Etymograph / submiliary