English

subverbal

From sub- + verbal.

Formed from sub- + verbal

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to speak, say’

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Proto-Italic *werðom ‘word’

Latin verbum ‘word’

Late Latin verbālis ‘belonging to a word’

Old French verbal

Today it means

adj Below the level of speech.

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

Etymograph / subverbal