English

submolar

From sub- + molar.

Formed from sub- + molar

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-

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Proto-Italic *molā

Latin mola ‘millstone’

Latin molāris ‘millstone, molar’

Middle English molar

English molar

Today it means

adj Less than molar (concentration or amount)

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

Etymograph / submolar