Etymology

underrecognize

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Today it means: To grant less recognition to (something) than appropriate. Full definition →

English recognize ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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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-Italic*wre-
  13. Latinre-
  14. Old Frenchre-
  15. Middle Englishre-
  16. Englishre-
  17. Englishcognize
  18. Englishrecognize
  19. English todayunderrecognize

From under- + recognize.

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