English

subvirial

From sub- + virial.

Formed from sub- + virial

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

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to rush’

Proto-Indo-European *wéyHs ‘force, strength’

Proto-Italic *wīs ‘strength, force, power’

Latin vīs ‘power’

Today it means

adj Lacking one or more factors (such as mass or temperature) that would lead to interaction between molecules or particles; not quite virial.

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

Etymograph / subvirial