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adjective of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English tropic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English tropical English subtropical From sub- + tropical.
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