English

subvalvular

From sub- + valvular.

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin valva ‘double door, valve’

Latin valvula ‘diminutive of valva: valve, especially a…’

New Latin valvulāris

Today it means

adj Beneath a (heart) valve.

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

Etymograph / subvalvular