under-

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prefix
Definitions
  • Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English under- inherited from Old English under- (between, inter-) inherited from Proto-Germanic *under (between, under) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér (lower, under).

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Proto-Indo-European

*n̥dʰér

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lower, under

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