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Where does “underground” come from?

underground (Italian) comes from English underground, from Middle English undergrounde.

underground (Italian): the underground

Definitions

  1. the underground

Ancestry of “underground”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishundergroundBelow the ground; below the surface of the Earth;...
2Middle Englishundergrounde—
Every word from Middle English undergrounde →