Etymology

underdressed

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Today it means: Insufficiently dressed, as for cold weather. Full definition →

English dressed ← Middle English under- ← Old English under-
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underdressed · adjective1

  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. Englishdressed
  13. English todayunderdressed

From under- + dressed.

underdressed · verb2

  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*dwóh₁
  13. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  14. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  15. Proto-Italic*dis-
  16. Latindīs-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
  19. Proto-Italic*rektos
  20. Latinrēctus
  21. Latindīrēctus
  22. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  23. Old Frenchdrecier
  24. Middle Englishdressen
  25. Englishdress
  26. Englishunderdress
  27. English todayunderdressed

From underdress + -ed.

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