Where does “underpayment” come from?
Underpayment comes from English under- combined with payment, with under- deriving from Middle English under-, Old English under-, Proto-Germanic under, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European n̥dʰér and h₁en.
underpayment (English): An insufficient payment; The act of making such a...
Definitions
- An insufficient payment; The act of making such a...
Ancestry of “underpayment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | under- | Under : insufficient, insufficiently, below what... |
| 2 | English | under | In or at a lower level than; As a subject of;... |
| 3 | Middle English | under | — |
| 4 | Old English | under | under |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |