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- prefix Prefix meaning "
low ", "lower ", "below ", "under ", "beneath ". - prefix Prefixed used to denote
inferiority orbaseness .
Etymologies
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From Middle English nither-, neother-, from Old English niþer- (prefix), from niþer ("below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position"). Cognate with Dutch neder-, neer- ("down"), German nieder- ("down"). More at nether.
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