Where does “lack-looks” come from?

lack-looks (English) comes from English looks, from English look, from Middle English loken, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic lōkōn — to look, see.

lack-looks (English): An unattractive person

Definitions

  1. An unattractive person

Ancestry of “lack-looks”, step by step

lack-looks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English looks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlooksplural of look; API pl; One's appearance or...
2EnglishlookTo try to see, to pay attention to with one’s...
3Middle Englishlokento look
4Old Englishlōcianto look, see; to see, behold, look, gaze,...
5Proto-West Germaniclōkōnto look, see

via English lack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlackA defect or failing; moral or spiritual...
2Middle Englishlack—
3Old English*læc—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic lōkōn →Every word from Old English lōcian →Every word from Middle English loken →