subaerial
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Formed, located or occurring on the Earth's land surface; contrasted with subaqueous
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓έρῐος (āérĭos)der. Latin āerius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English aerial English subaerial From sub- + aerial.