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Where does “subsuelo” come from?

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

subsuelo (Spanish): subsoil

Definitions

  1. subsoil

Ancestry of “subsuelo”, step by step

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