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undergone

[uhn-der-goh] Origin

un·der·go

[uhn-der-goh]
verb (used with object), -went, -gone, -go·ing.
1.
to be subjected to; experience; pass through: to undergo surgery.
2.
to endure; sustain; suffer: to undergo sustained deprivation.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English undergon, Old English undergān. See under-, go1

un·der·go·er, noun


1. See experience. 2. bear, tolerate.


1. avoid.

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Word Origin & History

undergo
O.E. undergan "undermine," from under + gan (see go). Cf. M.Du. ondergaen, O.H.G. untarkun, Ger. untergehen, Dan. undergaa. Sense of "submit to, endure" is attested from c.1300. Meaning "to pass through" (an alteration, etc.) is attested from 1634.
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