Where does “under” come from?

under (Middle English) comes from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

under (Middle English): under

Definitions

  1. under

Ancestry of “under”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishunderunder, beneath
2Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

Words derived from “under”

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