Where does “subsonic” come from?
subsonic (Romanian) comes from French subsonique, from French sub-, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
subsonic (Romanian): subsonic
Ancestry of “subsonic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | subsonique | subsonic |
| 2 | French | sub- | sub- |
| 3 | Latin | sub- | sub- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |