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Where does “low-doc loan” come from?

low-doc loan (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.

low-doc loan (English): A loan or mortgage where the borrower provides...

Definitions

  1. A loan or mortgage where the borrower provides...

Ancestry of “low-doc loan”, 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 →