underdo
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To put under, subject.
- (transitive) To do something insufficiently; especially to undercook.
- (intransitive) To act below one's abilities; do less than one can.
- (intransitive) To do less than is requisite.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English underdon inherited from Old English underdōn (put under) derived from Proto-Germanic *under (between, under) prefix from English do (hairdo).
Origin
English
do
Gloss
hairdo
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedo English
- deed English
- do English
- do-badder English
- do-rag English
- doability English
- doable English
- doer English
- does English
- doest English
- doeth English
- dogoodery English
- don't English
- done English
- dost English
- doïng English
- fordo English
- fulldo English
- hairdo English
- misdo English
- outdo English
- overdo English
- redo English
- to-do English
- underdoer English
- undo English
- updo English
- wrongdo English
- inter Latin
- tun German
- *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
- don Middle English
- underdon Middle English
- undir Old Norse
- ontre Galician
- โด Thai
- untar Old High German
- 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- under Old Dutch
- undar Old Saxon
- undar- Old Saxon
- under Old Frisian