Where does “underusage” come from?

underusage (English) comes from English usage, from Middle English usage, from Old French usage, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

underusage (English): inadequate usage

Definitions

  1. inadequate usage

Ancestry of “underusage”, step by step

underusage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English usage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishusageThe manner or the amount of using; use; Habit or...
2Middle Englishusage—
3Old Frenchusageusage; use; habit; custom
4Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
5Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
6Latin-āticum—

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 Latin -āticum →Every word from Old French -age →Every word from Old French usage →