English

subscapular

From sub- + scapular.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Italic *skapelā ‘shoulder blade’

Classical Latin scapulae ‘shoulders’

Latin scapula ‘shoulder’

Latin scapulāre

Middle English scapelar

Today it means

adj Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular.

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

Etymograph / subscapular