Where does “subhumid” come from?

subhumid (English) comes from English humid, from Old French humide, from Latin humidus, from Latin umidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

subhumid (English): Having a humidity typical of grassland or prairie

Definitions

  1. Having a humidity typical of grassland or prairie

Ancestry of “subhumid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumidContaining perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery
2Old Frenchhumide—
3Latinhumidushumid
4Latinumidusmoist, humid, damp, dank, wet; formerly liquid,...
5Latin-idustending to
6Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin umidus →