belowstairs
English
adv
Definitions
- (dated) On a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; below the main floor of a multi-floor building.
- (UK) In the areas of the lowest level of a large house in which house staff works.
Etymology
Compound from English below + English stairs.
Origin
English
stairs
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abovestairs English
- backstairs English
- below English
- belowdecks English
- belowground English
- belowness English
- hereinbelow English
- low English
- stairs English
- understairs English
- bilooghe Middle English