comparative degree of peu; less, fewer · minus; negative · superlative degree of peu; the least
zıt: plus
köken: Inherited from Middle French moins, from Old French meins, from Latin minus.
aile: à moins de, à moins que, à tout le moins, au moins, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire, d'autant moins que, de moins en moins, du moins, en moins de deux, en moins de rien
Faites moins de bruit.
J'ai dû attendre moins de dix minutes.
De moins en moins de personnes peuvent se permettre de passer des vacances à l'étranger.
under, downwards · (to) under (implying motion) · covered (especially with something dirty)
köken: From Middle Dutch onder, from Old Dutch under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under. Cognate with Old Saxon undar, German unter, English under.
denotes location; under, underneath · denotes movement; to under, to underneath · denotes movement against; against
eş: pode, poniżej, przed
zıt: nad, ponad, na, z, spod
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa Proto-Slavic *po Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Slavic *podъ Old Polish pod Polish pod Inherited from Old Polish pod.
under, below, underneath · in, in/over the course of (temporal)
köken: Lexicalization of al (“lower part”) + -tt (locative suffix). The root al- is from Proto-Uralic *ëla.
aile: alatta, alatti, a béka segge alatt, az uralma alatt, egy füst alatt, ég a keze alatt a munka, láb alatt van, maga alatt vágja a fát, alattvaló, azalatt
köken: From Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upó. Compare Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó). The usage with the accusative is from the pre-PIE directional, while with the ablative it is from both the locative, “under”, and the ablative, “from underneath”.