English

lookover

Deverbal from look over.

A compound of look + over

Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn ‘to look’

Old English lōcian ‘to look’

Middle English loken ‘to look’

English look

Proto-Indo-European *úp

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Proto-Germanic *uber

Proto-West Germanic *obar ‘over’

Old English ofer ‘over’

Middle English over ‘above’

English over

Today it means

noun A brief visual inspection.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / lookover