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[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I believe the switch from understand to overstand has to do with feelings of sovereignty and not being “under” someone.

This is what I was trying to describe and it’s just linguistic hullabaloo. The word “understand” has absolutely nothing to do with literally standing under anything/one. It simply means to comprehend. This under/overstand distinction is borne out of ignorance and nothing more.