below
preposition
[ bɪˈləʊ ]
• at a lower level or layer than.
• "just below the pocket was a stain"
• extending underneath.
• "the tunnel below the crags"
below
adverb
• at a lower level or layer.
• "he jumped from the window into the moat below"
Origin:
late Middle English (as an adverb): from be- ‘by’ + the adjective low1. Not common until the 16th century, the word developed a prepositional use and was frequent in Shakespeare.
