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Where does “subsonic” come from?

Subsonic comes from English sub- plus Latin sonus, meaning "sound," ultimately derived from Latin suus, meaning "one's own."

subsonic (English): having a frequency too low to be audible; very...

Definitions

  1. having a frequency too low to be audible; very...

Ancestry of “subsonic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSonic—
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “subsonic”

  • subsonically
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