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Where does “underlien” come from?

underlien (Middle English) comes from Old English underliċġan — to underlie, to be subject to, give way to.

Ancestry of “underlien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishunderliċġanto underlie, to be subject to, give way to

Words derived from “underlien”

  • underlying
  • underlie
  • underlain
  • underlyingly
  • underlier
  • underlieth
  • underliest
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