underneath

Definition

Below; in a place beneath.

Etymology

From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.

Example Sentences

• "I can't take my sweater off: I amn't wearing anything else on underneath."
• "connected with it underneath, you see a very fine hair-spring."
• "No insects exhibit, like them, what may be termed four net-work eyes. It is very easy to perceive them in looking at the animal from above, and then examining it underneath"