English

low-level

From low + level.

A compound of low + level

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’

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Proto-Germanic *ligjaną ‘to lie’

Proto-Germanic *lēgaz ‘low’

Old Norse lágr

Middle English lāh

English low

Latin lībra ‘a balance, a level’

Latin libella ‘a balance, a level’

Old French livel

Middle English level

English level

Today it means

adj Relatively unimportant.

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

Etymograph / low-level