Where does “lowbrowism” come from?
lowbrowism (English) comes from English lowbrow, from English low, from English allow, from Middle English allowen, from Old French alouer, from Latin allocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
lowbrowism (English): lowbrow attitudes and policies generally
Definitions
- lowbrow attitudes and policies generally
Ancestry of “lowbrowism”, step by step
lowbrowism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lowbrow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lowbrow | Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of... |
| 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 | to hire |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |