Where does “underidentified” come from?
underidentified (English) comes from English ED, from Japanese エンディング, from English ending, from Middle English ending, from Middle English endyng, from Old English endung, from Old English endian, from Proto-Germanic andijōną — on, onto.
underidentified (English): Insufficiently identified
Definitions
- Insufficiently identified
Ancestry of “underidentified”, step by step
underidentified traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English ED
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ED | Initialism of erectile dysfunction; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Japanese | エンディング | ending, especially of a broadcast or performance |
| 3 | English | ending | A termination or conclusion; The last part of... |
| 4 | Middle English | ending | Alternative form of endyng |
| 5 | Middle English | endyng | An ending, termination, or conclusion;... |
| 6 | Old English | endung | ending |
| 7 | Old English | endian | to end, make an end of; to finish, complete; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andijōną | to end, bring to an end, finish |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English underidentify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | underidentify | To identify insufficiently (with another person or thing) |
| 2 | English | under | In or at a lower level than; As a subject of;... |
| 3 | Middle English | under | under |
| 4 | Old English | under | under, beneath |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
via English identified
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | identified | simple past tense and past participle of identify |