Where does “subcorneal” come from?

subcorneal (English) comes from English corneal, from English cornea, from Romanian Cornea, from Romanian -ea, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

subcorneal (English): Below the cornea

Definitions

  1. Below the cornea

Ancestry of “subcorneal”, step by step

subcorneal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English corneal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcornealOf or pertaining to the cornea
2EnglishcorneaThe transparent layer making up the outermost...
3RomanianCornea
4Romanian-eaA suffix forming infinitives of many verbs; Used...
5Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
2EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
3Middle Englishsubstituten
4Latinsubstitutussubstituted
5LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
6LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus
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