English

subopposite

From sub- + opposite.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to settle’

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Latin pōnō ‘to put, place’

Latin oppōnō ‘to set against, oppose’

Old French oposite

Middle English opposit

Today it means

adj Not quite opposite: (botany) said of leaves that are neither alternate nor quite opposite.

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

Etymograph / subopposite