The story
- Old English · derived fromunderġeoc“accustomed to the yoke; tame”
- Old English · inherited from*underġeocian“to subjugate; tame”
- Middle English · inherited fromunderyoken
- English todayunderyoke
From Middle English underyoken, underȝoken, perhaps from Old English *underġeocian (“to subjugate; tame”), from Old English underġeoc (“accustomed to the yoke; tame”), equivalent to under- + yoke.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.