English
subtransverse
From sub- + transverse.
Formed from sub- + transverse
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, rotate’
Proto-Indo-European *wértetor ‘to turn, be turning’
Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
Proto-Italic *trānsworssos ‘transverse, across’
Latin trānsversus ‘turned across’
English transverse
Today it means
adj Almost or imperfectly transverse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subtransverse