Where does “underappraise” come from?
underappraise (English) comes from English appraise, from Old French aprisier, from Late Latin appretiare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
underappraise (English): To appraise at too low a value
Definitions
- To appraise at too low a value
Ancestry of “underappraise”, step by step
underappraise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English appraise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appraise | To determine the value or worth of something,... |
| 2 | Old French | aprisier | apraise, set a price on |
| 3 | Late Latin | appretiare | present active infinitive of appretiō;... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |