English

suborbit

From sub- + orbit.

Formed from sub- + orbit

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- ‘to turn’

Latin orbita ‘course, track, impression, mark’

Middle English orbite

English orbit

Today it means

noun The lower part of the orbit of the eye.

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Etymograph / suborbit