Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “infralow” come from?

infralow (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.

infralow (English): Lower than conventionally low

Definitions

  1. Lower than conventionally low

Ancestry of “infralow”, step by step

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
5Latinallocō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →