under-
below, insufficient
Old English · under
Old English under means below or beneath, and also not enough. It shows position (underground, underwear) or shortage (underpay, undercook, underestimate).
Memory trick
under- is an umbrella tunnel: you go below it, or you fall short of it.
Words from this root
- underline (under + line) — to draw a line below wordsरेखांकित करना
- underground (under + ground) — below the surface of the earthभूमिगत
- underwear (under + wear) — clothes worn beneath outer clothesअंतर्वस्त्र
- underestimate (under + estimate) — to judge as less than the truthकम आँकना
- undergo (under + go) — to go through, sufferसे गुज़रना
- undergraduate (under + graduate) — a student studying for a first degreeस्नातक का छात्र
- underpass (under + pass) — a road or path under anotherअंडरपास
- underwater (under + water) — beneath the surface of waterपानी के नीचे
- underpay (under + pay) — to pay less than neededकम वेतन देना
- undercook (under + cook) — to cook too littleकच्चा पकाना
- underfed (under + fed) — given too little foodकुपोषित, कम खाया हुआ
- undertake (under + take) — to take on a taskज़िम्मा लेना