underfang
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To undertake.
- (transitive) To accept; receive.
- (transitive) To insnare; entrap; deceive by false suggestions.
- (transitive) To support or guard from beneath.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English underfangen inherited from Old English underfōn (undergo, undertake, entertain, adopt, obtain, take in, receive, take up, take, assume, submit to, steal, accept) derived from Proto-Germanic *under (between, under) prefix from English fang (catch, lay hold of).
Origin
English
fang
Gloss
catch, lay hold of
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- befang English
- defang English
- fang English
- fanged English
- fanger English
- fangless English
- fanglike English
- fangsmith English
- fangtooth English
- fangy English
- healsfang English
- infang English
- onfang English
- outfangthief English
- unfang English
- yesterfang English
- inter Latin
- ondervangen Dutch, Flemish
- vangen Dutch, Flemish
- *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
- *fangtooth Middle English
- underfangen 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