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Where does “lowerarchy” come from?

lowerarchy (English) comes from English lower, from English low, from English allow, from Middle English allowen, from Old French alouer, from Latin allocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

lowerarchy (English): A series of people or things considered as...

Definitions

  1. A series of people or things considered as...

Ancestry of “lowerarchy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlowercomparative form of low: more low; bottom; more...
2EnglishlowSituated close to, or even below, the ground or...
3EnglishallowTo grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield;...
4Middle Englishallowen—
5Old FrenchalouerAlternative form of aloer
6Latinallocō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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