Etymograph

English

subphotic

From sub- + photic.

Formed from sub- + photic

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Today it means

adj Beneath the photic zone

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

Etymograph / subphotic