Below
/bɪˈloʊ/noun
In or to a lower position than something else.
Did you know?The word comes from a Germanic prefix meaning “down” plus a root related to “lie,” so its oldest sense was essentially “beneath, in a lower lying position.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*legh-
“to lie down”
Old English
Old English
be læge
“by, beside, or at the lying-down place; low, beneath”
Middle English
Middle English
beloowe / belowe
“beneath, lower than”
Modern English
English
below
“in a lower place or position; underneath”