underserve

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 *ser-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *serwos

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *serweyéti

Proto-Italic *serwijeti

Proto-Italic *serwijit

Proto-Italic *serwiō

Latin serviō

Old French servirbor.

Middle English serven

English serve

English underserve

From under- + serve.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʌndəˈsɜːv/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌʌndɚˈsɝv/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌɐndəˈsɜːv/

Verb

underserve (third-person singular simple present underserves, present participle underserving, simple past and past participle underserved)

1. (transitive) To supply something with insufficient services or resources.

Anagrams

• underverse, undeserver, unreserved, unreversed