"under" meaning in Middle English

See under in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Forms: vnder [alternative], onder [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? 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 From Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:under|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? 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 [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*under", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*undar", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "under", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "under", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="under">, {{inh|enm|ang|under}} Old English under, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*undar}} Proto-West Germanic *undar, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*under}} Proto-Germanic *under, {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:under|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? 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 Head templates: {{head|enm|preposition}} under
  1. under
    Sense id: en-under-enm-prep-12d0imA3 Categories (other): Middle English prepositions Disambiguation of Middle English prepositions: 46 54
  2. among
    Sense id: en-under-enm-prep-dmwdE6Pg Categories (other): Middle English prepositions Disambiguation of Middle English prepositions: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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