under-

Meaning

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

Synonyms

under

Translations

unter-

υπο-

sous-

sou-

onder

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: under-

Inherited from Old English: under-

In summary

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.