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under-

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- From Middle English under-, from Old English under-, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“below”) and *h₁n̥tér (“inside”). For more, see under.

  1. inherited from *(H)n̥dʰér✻ — “below”
  2. inherited from *under✻
  3. inherited from *undar✻
  4. inherited from under-
  5. inherited from under-

Definitions

  1. Beneath, under

    • e.g. underground, underneath, underpass

  2. To go from one side to the other

    To go from one side to the other; to progress along a path

    • e.g. understand, undergo, underbear, undertake

  3. Less than, beneath in quantity

    • e.g. underadditive, underage, underbound
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Deficient, below what is correct, insufficient

      • e.g. underapply, underbill, underawe

    2. Subordinate to

      • e.g. undersecretary, underling, underclass

The neighborhood

  • antonymover-antonym(s) of “under”
  • antonymepi-antonym(s) of “under”
  • antonymsur-antonym(s) of “under”
  • antonymhyper-antonym(s) of “less than”
  • antonymsupra-antonym(s) of “less than”
  • antonympleo-antonym(s) of “less than”
  • antonymtelo-antonym(s) of “deficient”
  • antonymper-antonym(s) of “deficient”
  • antonympur-antonym(s) of “deficient”
  • antonymarch-antonym(s) of “subordinate”

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for under-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA