Where does “underestimate” come from?
Underestimate comes from English estimate, from Latin aestimatus, from Latin aestimare, from Latin aestimo, from Proto-Indo-European n̥dʰér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en.
underestimate (English): To perceive as having a lower value, quantity,...
Definitions
- To perceive as having a lower value, quantity,...
Ancestry of “underestimate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | under- | Under : insufficient, insufficiently, below what... |
| 2 | English | under | In or at a lower level than; As a subject of;... |
| 3 | Middle English | under | — |
| 4 | Old English | under | under |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
Words derived from “underestimate”