underlayer

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-Indo-European *legʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *logʰéyeti

Proto-Germanic *lagjaną

Proto-West Germanic *laggjan

Old English leċġan

Middle English leyen

English lay

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English layer

English underlayer

From under- + layer.

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Noun

underlayer (plural underlayers)

1. A layer that is below another layer.

   Synonyms: substrate, substratum

2. (mining) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.
3. One who underlays.

Verb

underlayer (third-person singular simple present underlayers, present participle underlayering, simple past and past participle underlayered)

1. To form a layer beneath another

References

“underlayer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• unreaderly