Where does “highlow” come from?

highlow (English) comes from English low, from English allow, from Middle English allowen, from Old French alouer, from Latin allocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

highlow (English): An article of men's footwear, typically made of...

Definitions

  1. An article of men's footwear, typically made of...

Ancestry of “highlow”, step by step

highlow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English low

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlowSituated close to, or even below, the ground or...
2EnglishallowTo grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield;...
3Middle Englishallowen
4Old FrenchalouerAlternative form of aloer
5Latinallocōto hire
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English high

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhighElevated, extending above a base or average...
2Middle Englishheighhigh; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form...
3Old Englishhēahhigh, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,...
4Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
5Proto-West Germanichaimhome
6Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én