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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

  1. Alternative form of low-heartedness

Ancestry of “lowheartedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlowheartedAlternative form of low-hearted
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →