Where does “lowery” come from?
lowery (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.
lowery (English): dark and gloomy; threatening; lowering
Definitions
- dark and gloomy; threatening; lowering
Ancestry of “lowery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lower | comparative form of low: more low; bottom; more... |
| 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 |