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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| 8 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |