understand為什麼是under加stand?

Question

understand為什麼是under加stand?


有什麼意義呢??

或典故???

Answer 1

understand為什麼是under加stand? -----
妳這個問題曾經"單字偵探"(Word Detective"有做過探查，調查報告就在這個網址　http://www.word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=70，都是英語，而其中一段解釋"understand"的字源是這樣說的：
The real answer is that the prefix “under” in “understand” is not our normal “beneath” kind of “under” as found in “underground” or “undermine.” The “under” in “understand,” although spelled just like the other “under,” comes from an entirely different Indo-European root word, one that carried the sense of “between or among.” When “understand” first appeared in Old English (as “understandan”), it carried the meaning of “comprehend, grasp the idea or details of something,” but literally meant “to stand among or amidst” something, and thereby be familiar with it.
大意："understand"裡的"under"跟英語中的"underground"等等單字中的"under"是不同的，雖然拼法是完全一樣的。因為前者是來自某印歐語系的字根，其意思實際上是表示"在...之間或在...之中間"(between/among)。"understand"在古英語中剛出現時候(寫成"understandan")，所具有的字義即是"了解，掌握某事的意思或細節"，但是字面上的表面意思卻是"'站在...之中間'，故得以對之有所熟悉"。
上面的解釋簡單說就是："understand"是古時英語的"外來字"，所以"under"那部分不能跟土生土長，模樣類似的英語字一起看。

Answer 2

給Klee拍拍手~~~

Answer 3

字構
under 在下+ stand 站立
源義:
站在下面聽明白
vt.
理解: 懂: 認識到: 了解