Where does “underlie” come from?

Underlie comes from Old English underliċġan, a compound of under and liċġan meaning to lie beneath or be situated below.

underlie (English): To lie in a position directly beneath; To lie...

Definitions

  1. To lie in a position directly beneath; To lie...

Ancestry of “underlie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishunderlien—
2Old Englishunderliċġanto underlie, to be subject to, give way to

Words derived from “underlie”

Every word from Old English underliċġan →Every word from Middle English underlien →