under-
English
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).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*n̥dʰér
Gloss
lower, under
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- inter Latin
- *nter- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥dʰér Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥tér Proto-Indo-European
- *under Proto-Germanic
- under Old English
- under- Old English
- undercuman Old English
- underdōn Old English
- underfōn Old English
- understandan Old English
- under- Middle English
- undir Old Norse
- ontre Galician
- untar Old High German
- 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- under Old Dutch
- undar Old Saxon
- undar- Old Saxon
- under Old Frisian
- 𐌉𐌚𐌓𐌀 Faliscan