Where does “low” come from?
Low comes from Old English hlǣw, which derives from Old Norse lágr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- meaning to lean or incline.
low (English): Situated close to, or even below, the ground or...
Definitions
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or...
Ancestry of “low”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | allow | To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield;... |
| 2 | Middle English | allowen | — |
| 3 | Old French | alouer | Alternative form of aloer |
| 4 | Latin | allocō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |