Nether
WordNet
adjective
(1) Located below or beneath something else
"Nether garments"
"The under parts of a machine"
(2) Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth
"Nether regions"
(3) Lower
"Gnawed his nether lip"
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Etymology
, , , from , from , adverb ; akin to Old Saxon adjective , adverb , Old High German adjective , , adverb , Old Norse adjective , , adverb ; all from a word that is a comparative of a word akin to Sanskrit ; akin to Old English