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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? 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.
Meanings
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(morpheme) Beneath, under
e.g. underground, underneath, underpass
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(figuratively, morpheme) To go from one side to the other; to progress along a path
e.g. understand, undergo, underbear, undertake
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(morpheme) Less than, beneath in quantity
e.g. underadditive, underage, underbound
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(morpheme) Deficient, below what is correct, insufficient
e.g. underapply, underbill, underawe
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(morpheme) Subordinate to
e.g. undersecretary, underling, underclass
Antonyms
hyper- (antonym(s) of “less than”) · epi- (antonym(s) of “under”) · over- (antonym(s) of “under”) · telo- (antonym(s) of “deficient”) · per- (antonym(s) of “deficient”) · pur- (antonym(s) of “deficient”) · arch- (antonym(s) of “subordinate”) · pleo- (antonym(s) of “less than”) · supra- (antonym(s) of “less than”) · sur- (antonym(s) of “under”)
Synonyms
hypo- (under) · hypo- (less than) · meio- (less than) · hypo- (deficient) · sub- (under) · olig- (less than) · en- (forming a transitive verb) · vice- (subordinate) · infra- (under) · dys- (deficient) · mal- (deficient) · sub- (subordinate)
Translations (21)
pl niedo- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · pt sub- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · ru недо- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · da under- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · fr sous- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · uk під- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · el υπο- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · es sota- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · nn under- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · es sub- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · nl onder (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · uk недо- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · ru под- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · unm èkw- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · nb under- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · es soto- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · es so- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · pl pod- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · hy թեր- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · de unter- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently) · es infra- (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently)