{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 108: Understand","description":"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; ","author_name":"Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/wordsforgranted.com","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/23630081"}