English Explanatory Dictionary

under-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Beneath, under
  2. To go from one side to the other; to progress along a path
  3. Less than, beneath in quantity
  4. Deficient, below what is correct, insufficient
  5. Subordinate to

Word forms

under-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- From Middle English under-, from Old English under-, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“below”) and *h₁n̥tér (“inside”). For more, see under.

Synonyms

hypo- sub- infra- en- olig- meio- dys- mal- vice-

Antonyms

over- epi- sur- hyper- supra- pleo- telo- per- pur- arch-
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