subnascent

adjective

sub·​nascent

"+

1

obsolete : growing beneath

2

: growing up or arising from beneath something

Word History

Etymology

Latin subnascent-, subnascens, present participle of subnasci to grow beneath, from sub- + nasci to be born

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