Etymology

underfloor

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Today it means: Located beneath the floor. Full definition →

English floor ← Middle English flor ← Old English flōr
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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. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂ros
  16. Proto-Germanic*flōraz
  17. Proto-Germanic*flōruz
  18. Proto-West Germanic*flōr
  19. Old Englishflōr
  20. Middle Englishflor
  21. Englishfloor
  22. English todayunderfloor

From under- + floor.

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