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underlayer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-lay-er
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A layer that is below another layer.

noun

A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.

noun

One who underlays.

verb

To form a layer beneath another

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? 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- English layer English underlayer From under- + layer.

Inflected Forms

underlayers (plural) underlayers (present, singular) underlayering (participle, present) underlayered (participle, past) underlayered (past)

Synonyms

substrate substratum

Questions

What does underlayer mean?
A layer that is below another layer.
Where does underlayer come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? 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- English layer English underlayer From under- + layer.

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