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adj
Formed, located or occurring on the Earth's land surface; contrasted with subaqueous
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- 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 English -al English aerial English subaerial From sub- + aerial.
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