Underpin

Meaning

Verb

●

To support from below with

or masonry.

●

To give support to; to corroborate.

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Origin

underpin

English

pin

English

pinne

Middle English (1100-1500)

pinn

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

point

Middle English (1100-1500)

point

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

punctum

Latin

punctus

Latin

under-

English

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