Etymology

underyoke

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Today it means: To bring under yoke; make subject. Full definition →

Middle English underyoken ← Old English *underġeocian
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromunderġeoc“accustomed to the yoke; tame”
  2. Old English · inherited from*underġeocian“to subjugate; tame”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromunderyoken
  4. 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.

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