Where does “lowpass” come from?
I cannot write this summary because the provided chain appears corrupted or circular—it cycles through "English word," "English worth," and "English password" without establishing a coherent etymological path to "lowpass" or clarifying its meaning and origin.
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1. A valid etymological chain showing how "lowpass" developed from earlier forms
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Could you provide the correct etymological chain for "lowpass"?
lowpass (English): An audio filter that discards higher frequencies...
Definitions
- An audio filter that discards higher frequencies...
Ancestry of “lowpass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | low | Situated close to, or even below, the ground or... |
| 2 | English | allow | To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield;... |
| 3 | Middle English | allowen | — |
| 4 | Old French | alouer | Alternative form of aloer |
| 5 | Latin | allocō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |