Etymology of the English word sublingual
the English word
sublingualderived from the Classical Latin word
lingua (tongue; tongue; speech, language)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dn₀ghu-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dn₀ghū-derived from the Late Latin word
sub (under)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*upoUsage
Word found in Modern English