Where does “low-keyness” come from?
low-keyness (English) comes from English low-key, from English low, from English allow, from Middle English allowen, from Old French alouer, from Latin allocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
low-keyness (English): The state or quality of being low-key
Definitions
- The state or quality of being low-key
Ancestry of “low-keyness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | low-key | Dark; characterised by dark tones and muted... |
| 2 | English | low | Situated close to, or even below, the ground or... |
| 3 | English | allow | To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield;... |
| 4 | Middle English | allowen | — |
| 5 | Old French | alouer | Alternative form of aloer |
| 6 | Latin | allocō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |