underlayer
A layer that is below another layer.
Noun
- A layer that is below another layer.
Synonyms: substrate substratum
- A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.
- One who underlays.
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- English layer English underlayer From under- + layer.
Forms
Verb
- To form a layer beneath another