Beneath Definition
Below or underneath.
- to a lower place
- at a lower place
- below
Origin of Beneath
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From Middle English benethe, from Old English beneoþan (“beneath, under, below”), from Proto-Germanic *bī-niþana (“below”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, under”). Cognate with Low German benedden (“beneath”), Dutch beneden (“beneath, under, down”), German benieden (“below”). Compare also Danish neden (“below”), Swedish and Icelandic nedan (“below, under”). See also nether.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English binethe from Old English beneothan be by by1 neothan below
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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