Currently experiencing or living through something, especially a process or change that takes time.
From Old English 'undergān,' combining 'under' (beneath) and 'go.' Originally meant to literally go beneath something, but evolved to mean experiencing or enduring something.
The word literally means 'going under,' which is why we say someone undergoing treatment is in the midst of something larger than themselves—they're submerged in the process.
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