Where does “subxerophilic” come from?

subxerophilic (English) comes from English xerophilic, from English -philic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

subxerophilic (English): Almost or imperfectly xerophilic

Definitions

  1. Almost or imperfectly xerophilic

Ancestry of “subxerophilic”, step by step

subxerophilic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English xerophilic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishxerophilicCapable of growing and reproducing in conditions...
2English-philicSynonym of -philous
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

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 h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en