under

Definition

Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.

Etymology

From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Akin to German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).

Example Sentences

• "We found some shade under a tree."
• "Quick, stuff the cash under the mattress!"
• "There is nothing new under the sun."