Where does “lowheartedness” come from?
lowheartedness (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.
lowheartedness (English): Alternative form of low-heartedness
Definitions
- Alternative form of low-heartedness
Ancestry of “lowheartedness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |