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OP I read once an article on the origin of "understand".
I have almost completely forgotten in now, but, at a stretch, it had something to do with an ancient custom (perhaps in the Roman senate?) of standing under the ensign of a senator in a show of approval and concurrence.
Does anyone recall? The correct explanation may prove me woefully off the mark, but that's a price I'm willing to pay.
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