Etymology

underthreshold

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Today it means: Positioned below a threshold. Full definition →

German unterschwellig
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  1. German · derived fromunterschwellig“subliminal”
  2. English todayunderthreshold

From under- + threshold, probably a calque of German unterschwellig (“subliminal”, literally “under-threshold”), from unter- (“under-”) + Schwelle (“threshold”). More at under, sill.

Words from the same roots

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subliminal

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