Where does “underlay” come from?
Underlay comes from Old English underleċġan, a compound of under- and leċġan meaning "to lay under."
underlay (English): simple past tense of underlie; To lay underneath...
Definitions
- simple past tense of underlie; To lay underneath...
Ancestry of “underlay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | underlay | — |
Words derived from “underlay”