Where does “unlowerable” come from?
unlowerable (English) comes from English lowerable, from English lower, from English low, from English allow, from Middle English allowen, from Old French alouer, from Latin allocō, from Latin ad- — in.
unlowerable (English): Unable to be lowered
Definitions
- Unable to be lowered
Ancestry of “unlowerable”, step by step
unlowerable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lowerable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lowerable | that can be lowered |
| 2 | English | lower | comparative form of low: more low; bottom; more... |
| 3 | English | low | Situated close to, or even below, the ground or... |
| 4 | English | allow | To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield;... |
| 5 | Middle English | allowen | — |
| 6 | Old French | alouer | Alternative form of aloer |
| 7 | Latin | allocō | to hire |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |