underset

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To set under or beneath.
2. To prop or support.

Noun

undercurrent (of water)

Sinonieme

undertow

ocean undercurrent

Vertalings

rerafons

Unterströmung

Unterton

connotation

ressac

courant de fond

courant sous-marin

connotazione

ondersteunen

fons

hons

corriente submarina

voz baja

donuk renk

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: undersetten

Geërf van Old English: undersettan

Verwante met Nederlands: ondersetten

Verwante met Duits: untersetzen

In summary

From Middle English undersetten, from Old English undersettan (“to put, place, or set under, put in the place of another, substitute, falsify, forge, counterfeit, place as a pledge, hypothecate, add, annex, subjoin, make subject, submit, set beneath, esteem less”), equivalent to under- + set. Cognate with Dutch ondersetten (“to put beneath”), German untersetzen (“to put beneath, pin”).