Where does “underorder” come from?

underorder (English) comes from English order, from German Ordnung, from Middle High German ordenunge, from Old High German ordinunga, from Old High German ordinōn, from Latin ordino, from Latin ordo, from Proto-Italic ord-on- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

underorder (English): To order too little or too few; An order for too...

Definitions

  1. To order too little or too few; An order for too...

Ancestry of “underorder”, step by step

underorder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English order

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorderArrangement, disposition, or sequence; A position...
2GermanOrdnungarrangement, regulation; classification, order,...
3Middle High Germanordenunge
4Old High Germanordinunga
5Old High Germanordinōnto put in order
6LatinordinoI arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,...
7Latinordoa methodical series, arrangement, or order;...
8Proto-Italicord-on-row, order
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English under

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunderIn or at a lower level than; As a subject of;...
2Middle Englishunderunder
3Old Englishunderunder, beneath
4Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Italic ord-on-Every word from Latin ordo
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