beneath: [OE] Beneath is a compound adverb and preposition, formed in Old English from bi ‘by’ and nithan or neothan ‘below’. This came originally from Germanic *nith- (also the source of nether [OE]), a derivative of the base *ni- ‘down’. => nether
beneath (adv., adj.)
Old English beneoean "beneath, under, below," from be- "by" + neoean "below," originally "from below," from Proto-Germanic *nitar "lower, farther down, down" (see nether). Meaning "unworthy of" is attested from 1849 (purists prefer below in this sense). "The be- gave or emphasized the notion of 'where,' excluding that of 'whence' pertaining to the simple niean" [OED].
例文
1. The doctor worked busily beneath the blinding lights of the delivery room.
この医者は産室の眩しい明かりの下で忙しくしている。
2.Patterson pointed toward a plain cardboard box beneath a long wooden table.
パターソンは、木製のテーブルの下にある普通の段ボール箱を指している。
3.Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character.
心の奥底の片隅に愛を埋蔵している。
4. Benath the conscious mind there are many levels of the unconscious.
意識心理の下には多くのレベルの無意識が存在する。
5.The flagstones beneath their feet were worn smooth by centuries of use.