Where does “unlooking” come from?
unlooking (English) comes from English looking, from Middle English lokynge, from Old English lōciende, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic lōkōn — to look, see.
unlooking (English): Not looking; unseeing or unregarding
Definitions
- Not looking; unseeing or unregarding
Ancestry of “unlooking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | looking | present participle of look; as the last part of... |
| 2 | Middle English | lokynge | — |
| 3 | Old English | lōciende | — |
| 4 | Old English | lōcian | to look, see; to see, behold, look, gaze,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | lōkōn | to look, see |