beneath

The story

1. Old English · inherited frombineoþan“beneath, under, below”
2. Middle English · inherited frombenethe
3. English todaybeneath

From Middle English benethe, from Old English bineoþan (“beneath, under, below”), equivalent to be- + neath. Cognate with Low German benedden (“beneath”), Dutch beneden (“beneath, under, down”), obsolete German benieden (“below”).