underset

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

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

Noun

undercurrent (of water)

Concepten

ondersteunen

Synoniemen

undertow

ocean undercurrent

Vertalingen

rerafons

Unterströmung

Unterton

connotation

ressac

courant de fond

courant sous-marin

connotazione

fons

hons

corriente submarina

voz baja

donuk renk

alçak ses

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: undersetten

Overgenomen van Oudengels: undersettan

Verwant aan Nederlands: ondersetten

Verwant aan 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”).