Where does “lowheartedly” come from?
lowheartedly (English) comes from English lowhearted, from English low, from English allow, from Middle English allowen, from Old French alouer, from Latin allocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
lowheartedly (English): Alternative form of low-heartedly
Definitions
- Alternative form of low-heartedly
Ancestry of “lowheartedly”, step by step
lowheartedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lowhearted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lowhearted | Alternative form of low-hearted |
| 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 |