## Etymology
From Old English undern ('the third hour, mid-morning, 9 a.m.'), from Proto-Germanic *undurni ('the interval between'). Originally a canonical hour; the sense drifted over time from mid-morning toward afternoon or evening in dialect.

## AI Etymology
Undern is from Old English undern ('the third hour, mid-morning, 9 a.m.'), from Proto-Germanic *undurni ('the interval between'). Originally a canonical hour; the sense drifted over time from mid-morning toward afternoon or evening in dialect. Important recorded forms include undern (Old English) and *undurni (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the under- element contributes the sense of beneath, lower rank, concealment, or insufficiency, depending on the base it modifies. The semantic development is already visible in the history: an older concrete or specialized use was extended into the modern meaning rather than replaced by a separate origin. In current use it covers an archaic term for the forenoon or, later, the afternoon meal-time.

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