Etymology

underapply

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Today it means: To apply to an insufficient degree. Full definition →

English apply ← Middle English aplien ← Old French applier
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The story

  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. Latinapplicō
  13. Old Frenchapplier
  14. Middle Englishaplien
  15. Englishapply
  16. English todayunderapply

From under- + apply.

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