undergo

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   pass through

   The chemical undergoes a sudden change

2. 2
   verb

   To experience; to pass through a phase.

   The project is undergoing great changes.

3. 3
   verb

   To suffer or endure; bear with.

   The victim underwent great trauma.

4. 4
   verb

   To go or move under or beneath.

Etymology

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”).