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underaccommodate en · VERB

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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- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin commodō Latin accommodō Latin accommodātusbor. English accommodate English underaccommodate From under- + accommodate.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of under-accommodate.
   alt of under-accommodate
   • Giles and colleagues suggest that the elderly may underaccomodate the needs of younger social partners. 1996, Monisha Pasupathi, Aging and Social Influence, page 4:
   • Similarly, speech accommodation theory predicts that people over accomod ate (e.g., use baby talk) or underaccomodate (e.g., insufficiently engage) based on their expectations, but the theory does not focus uniquely on stereotypic expectations or prejudices against the target group. 2001, Janet B. Ruscher, Prejudiced Communication: A Social Psychological Perspective, →ISBN:

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