underlay · verb, verb1
- Old English · inherited fromunderleċġan“to underlay, prop, support”
- Middle English · inherited fromunderleyen
- English todayunderlay
From Middle English underleyen, from Old English underleċġan (“to underlay, prop, support”), equivalent to under- + lay. Cognate with Dutch onderleggen (“to lay or put under”), German unterlegen (“to underlay”), Swedish underlägga (“to underlay”).
underlay · noun2
- Middle English · inherited fromunderlay
- English todayunderlay
From Middle English underlay, underlei, equivalent to under- + lay.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.