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Where does “subcuenca” come from?

subcuenca (Spanish) comes from Spanish sub-, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

subcuenca (Spanish): subwatershed

Definitions

  1. subwatershed

Ancestry of “subcuenca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsub-sub-
2Latinsub-sub-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →