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Where does “inunderstanding” come from?

inunderstanding (English) comes from English understanding, from Old English understandan, from Proto-Germanic understandaną, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

inunderstanding (English): Devoid of understanding

Definitions

  1. Devoid of understanding

Ancestry of “inunderstanding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunderstandingThe act of one that understands or comprehends;...
2Old Englishunderstandanto understand
3Proto-Germanicunderstandanąto stand between, stand in the midst, understand
4Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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