Etymology

underproduce

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Today it means: To produce less than normal, or less than needed Full definition →

English produce ← Middle English produce ← Latin prōdūcō
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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*per-der.?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  16. Proto-Italic*pro-
  17. Latinprō-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  20. Proto-Italic*doukō
  21. Latindūcō
  22. Latinprōdūcō
  23. Middle Englishproduce
  24. Englishproduce
  25. English todayunderproduce

From under- + produce.

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