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Added 8 October 2026

undergo

/ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/ verb

In Latin: patior, subeō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about undergo at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To experience; to pass through a phase.
The project is undergoing great changes.
To suffer or endure; bear with.
The victim underwent great trauma.
To go or move under or beneath.

Origin

From Middle English undergon, from Old English undergān (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- + go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).

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