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underEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Cognate with German unter, Dutch onder, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under, Faroese and Icelandic undir; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- UnderMiddle English · word_under_prep
Under, prep., adv. during, between, under, underneath, S; onder, SD; undur, W; undir, B. Phr.: vnder þan, during these things, interea, meanwhile, S.—AS. under: Goth. undar; cp. OHG. untar.
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Under, sb. afternoon, CM; see Undern.
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Under, v. to subject, S2.
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