underset

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

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

Noun

undercurrent (of water)

Concetti

connotazione

sinonimi

undertow

ocean undercurrent

Traduzioni

rerafons

Unterströmung

Unterton

connotation

ressac

courant de fond

courant sous-marin

ondersteunen

fons

hons

corriente submarina

voz baja

donuk renk

alçak ses

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: undersetten

Ereditato da inglese antico: undersettan

Affine olandese: ondersetten

Affine tedesco: 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”).