underlie
/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ/ · verb
Meaning
- To lie in a position directly beneath something.
- To lie under or beneath.
- To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
- To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
- To underlay.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underliċġan (“to underlie, to be subject to, give way to”), equivalent to under- + lie. Cognate with Dutch onderliggen (“to lie below, lie on the bottom of”), German unterliegen (“to lie under, be subject to, succumb”).
- unterliegen(German)→
- onderliggen(nl)→
- underliċġan(ang)→
- underlien(enm)→
- underlie (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, cog, cog
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