Infra
/ˈɪn.frə/noun
A Latin preposition and prefix meaning “below,” “beneath,” or “under.”
Did you know?In Latin, *infra* was a real spatial word for “beneath,” and it survives today in technical phrases like *infrared* and legal writing, where it still points to what lies lower or later.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ndher-
“under, beneath”
Latin
Latin
infra
“below, beneath”
Late Latin
Latin
infra-
“prefix meaning below or beneath”
Modern English
English
infra
“used in technical and legal contexts to mean below or beneath”
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