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- verb To
come under;experience orsuffer the effects of; beaffected by. - verb To
submit ;submit to. - verb To
come through .
Etymologies
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From Middle English *undercomen, from Old English undercuman ("to come under, submit, assist"), from Proto-Germanic *under (“under”) + *kwemanan (“to come”), equivalent to under- + come. Cognate with West Frisian ûnderkomme ("to shelter, come under"), Dutch onderkomen ("to shelter, find accommodation"), German unterkommen ("to stay, find accommodation, find a job"), Icelandic undirkoma ("to come under").
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