English
Underhill
From under + hill, a topographic surname for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Proto-Germanic *under ‘under, beneath; among’
Proto-West Germanic *undar ‘under’
Old English under ‘under, beneath’
Middle English under
English under
Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís ‘top, hill, rock’
Proto-Germanic *hulliz ‘hill’
Proto-West Germanic *hulli ‘hill’
Old English hyll ‘hill’
Middle English hil ‘hill’
English hill
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Underhill