underclock

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Indo-European *h₂én

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi

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Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí

Proto-Indo-European *-ér

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér

Proto-Germanic *under

Proto-West Germanic *undar

Old English under-

Middle English under-

English under-

Proto-Celtic *klokkosder.?

Early Medieval Latin cloccader.

Old Northern French cloquebor.

Old Dutch *klokka

Middle Dutch clockebor.

Middle English clokke

English clock

English underclock

From under- + clock.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underclock (third-person singular simple present underclocks, present participle underclocking, simple past and past participle underclocked)

1. (computing, transitive) To modify (a CPU) by the use of underclocking.

   Synonym: downclock

   Antonym: overclock

See also

• derate