Etymology

underblow

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Today it means: To fail to blow with sufficient force or energy Full definition →

Middle English underblowen
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underblow · verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromunderblowen
  2. English todayunderblow

From Middle English underblowen, equivalent to under- + blow.

underblow · noun2

  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. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
  14. Proto-Germanic*blēaną
  15. Proto-West Germanic*blāan
  16. Old Englishblāwan
  17. Middle Englishblowen
  18. Englishblow
  19. English todayunderblow

From under- + blow (noun).

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