Etymology

undertake

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Today it means: To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on. Full definition →

Middle English undertaken
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromundertaken
  2. English todayundertake

From Middle English undertaken; equivalent to under- + take (after undernim).

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