Etymology

underapplication

Today it means: The act of underapplying. Full definition →

English application ← Middle English applicacioun ← Old French aplicacion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Latinapplicātiō
  13. Old Frenchaplicacion
  14. Middle Englishapplicacioun
  15. Englishapplication
  16. English todayunderapplication

From under- + application.

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