underact
To act in an understated manner or with little expressiveness.
Verb
- To act in an understated manner or with little expressiveness.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English underact From under- + act.