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
- In a lowly way
Ancestry of “lowlily”, step by step
lowlily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lowly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lowly | Not high; not elevated in place; low; Low in rank... |
| 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 |