Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underlit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-lit
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

illuminated from beneath

adj

poorly, or insufficiently illuminated

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 lit English underlit From under- + lit.

Antonyms

overlit

Questions

What does underlit mean?: illuminated from beneath
Where does underlit 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 lit English underlit From under- + lit.

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