English

subungulate

From sub- + ungulate.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin ungula ‘hoof’

Late Latin ungulātus ‘having hooves or claws, ungulate’

Today it means

noun Any of various mammals, thought to have evolved from ungulates, sometimes grouped in the taxon Paenungulata.

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Etymograph / subungulate