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Where does “infralittoral” come from?

infralittoral (English) comes from English infra-, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

infralittoral (English): The region of shallow water closest to the shore;...

Definitions

  1. The region of shallow water closest to the shore;...

Ancestry of “infralittoral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishinfra-below, beneath, inferior
2Latininfrabelow
3Latinīnferā—
4Frenchinférerto infer
5Latinīnferō—
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →