English

suborbicular

From sub- + orbicular.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin orbis ‘orb’

Latin orbiculus ‘diminutive of orbis: a small disk’

Late Latin orbiculāris ‘circular, orbicular’

Today it means

adj Almost orbicular.

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

Etymograph / suborbicular