Where does “underpair” come from?

underpair (English) comes from English pair, from Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria, from Latin par, from Proto-Indo-European per — around; through.

underpair (English): A pocket pair of a lower rank than all of the...

Definitions

  1. A pocket pair of a lower rank than all of the...

Ancestry of “underpair”, step by step

underpair traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pair

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpairTwo similar or identical things taken together;...
2Middle EnglishpaireA pair; a group of two similar, identical, or...
3Old Frenchpaire
4Latinparianominative neuter plural of pār; accusative...
5Latinpareven; equal; like
6Proto-Indo-Europeanperaround; through

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 perEvery word from Latin parEvery word from Latin paria
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