1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 What does &quot;standing under&quot; have to do with &quot;understanding?&quot; Nothing at all, which is why most of us probably overlook the obvious fact that &quot;understand&quot; is actually a compound word comprising &quot;under&quot; and &quot;stand.&quot; In our exploration of this confusing etymology, we look at some archaic meanings of the preposition &quot;under&quot; in addition to words with similar semantic constructions in other languages.&amp;nbsp; Today's episode is sponsored by Lingoda. To get 25% off your enrollment in the Lingoda Sprint Challenge, go to https://try.lingoda.com/Ray and use promo code WORDSFORGRANTED at check out.&amp;nbsp; Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast http://wordsforgranted.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23630081/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/23630081