Where does “subtalar” come from?

Subtalar comes from Latin sub combined with talar, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- meaning to turn or shift.

subtalar (English): Below the talus

Definitions

  1. Below the talus

Ancestry of “subtalar”, step by step

subtalar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-

via English talar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtalarRelating to the talus; An ankle-length robe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-