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Where does “underapply” come from?

underapply (English) comes from English apply, from Middle English aplien, from Old French applier, from Latin applicō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

underapply (English): To apply to an insufficient degree

Definitions

  1. To apply to an insufficient degree

Ancestry of “underapply”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapplyTo lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or...
2Middle Englishaplien—
3Old Frenchapplierto bend; to apply
4Latinapplicō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →