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Where does “underassess” come from?

underassess (English) comes from English assess, from Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, from Latin assessus, from Latin assideō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

underassess (English): To assess at too low a value

Definitions

  1. To assess at too low a value

Ancestry of “underassess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassessTo determine, estimate or judge the value of; to...
2Middle Englishassessento assess
3Old Frenchassesser—
4Medieval Latinassessare—
5Latinassessusseated beside one; a sitting beside someone
6Latinassideō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →