Where does “underratedness” come from?
underratedness (English) comes from English underrated, from English underrate, from English rate, from French rate, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato — to scrape.
underratedness (English): The quality of being underrated
Definitions
- The quality of being underrated
Ancestry of “underratedness”, step by step
underratedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English underrated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | underrated | Not given enough recognition for its quality;... |
| 2 | English | underrate | to underestimate; to make too low a rate or... |
| 3 | English | rate | The worth of something; value; The proportional... |
| 4 | French | rate | spleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;... |
| 5 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 6 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 7 | Old French | rat | rat rodent |
| 8 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |