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Where does “lowlily” come from?

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

lowlily (English): In a lowly way

Definitions

  1. In a lowly way

Ancestry of “lowlily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlowlyNot high; not elevated in place; low; Low in rank...
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 →