underseek
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To examine; explore; investigate.
- (transitive) To spend too little time or effort in seeking.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English underseken inherited from Old English undersēcan, undersecan (examine, investigate) prefix from English seek.
Origin
English
seek
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beseek English
- foreseek English
- forseek English
- misseek English
- outseek English
- reseek English
- seek English
- seekable English
- seeker English
- seekest English
- seeketh English
- seeking English
- seeksorrow English
- upseek English
- Untersuchung German
- suchen German
- untersuchen German
- onderzoeken Dutch, Flemish
- onderzoeker Dutch, Flemish
- onderzoekster Dutch, Flemish
- zoeken Dutch, Flemish
- undersøke Norwegian Bokmål
- undersøke Norwegian Nynorsk
- undersøkja Norwegian Nynorsk
- undersēcan, undersecan Old English
- seken Middle English
- underseken Middle English
- ondersoeken Middle Dutch