Where does “underfunded” come from?
Underfunded comes from English fund, from French fond, from Latin fundus meaning "bottom" or "foundation," ultimately from Latin fundere meaning "to pour."
underfunded (English): Insufficiently funded; simple past tense and past...
Definitions
- Insufficiently funded; simple past tense and past...
Ancestry of “underfunded”, step by step
underfunded traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English underfund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | underfund | To provide insufficient funds |
| 2 | English | under- | Beneath, under |
| 3 | English | under | In or at a lower level than; As a subject of;... |
| 4 | Middle English | under | under |
| 5 | Old English | under | under, beneath |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
via English funded
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | funded | simple past tense and past participle of fund;... |