Dictionary verb unter verb unter (insep) *legh- legen unterlegen

unterlegen

(unter (insep))

Meanings

1.
to add a backdrop to
("etwas+Acc unterlegen mit" - Mainly used for adding a background audio somewhere. Sometimes also used with texts and background color.)
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Word Family

Root: *legh-

The core idea of this root was:

laying, lying down

of course the verbs to lay and to lie belong here, but the root is also the origin of law, lair, ledger, allay and low.  And of lager, which is essentially a German word that means storage.

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