Where does “lo” come from?
lo (Tok Pisin) comes from English Law, from English speaker, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
lo (Tok Pisin): law
Definitions
- law
Ancestry of “lo”, step by step
lo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Law
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Law | perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound |
| 2 | English | speaker | One who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone |
| 3 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Tok Pisin long
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | long | Used to mark spatial direct objects that... |
| 2 | English | along | By the length of; in a line with the length of;... |
| 3 | Old English | andlang | throughout, all along; along |
| 4 | Old English | and- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |