Where does “underlayment” come from?

underlayment (English) comes from English underlay, from Middle English underlay.

underlayment (English): Something that is underlaid, such as planking in...

Definitions

  1. Something that is underlaid, such as planking in...

Ancestry of “underlayment”, step by step

underlayment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English underlay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishunderlaysimple past tense of underlie; To lay underneath...
2Middle Englishunderlay—

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Middle English underlay →Every word from English underlay →