English
lowable
Lowable comes from French louable ‘laudable’, from louer ‘to praise’, and ultimately from Latin laus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, commendation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudōas laudāre‘to praise, laud, extol’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400loer‘to laud’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600louer‘to praise, to laud’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlouer‘to praise’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlouable‘laudable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1538lowable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, commendation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudōas laudāre‘to praise, laud, extol’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400loer‘to laud’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600louer‘to praise, to laud’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlouer‘to praise’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlouable‘laudable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1538lowable
Earliest quotation: 1538, John Butlare, Thomas Cranmer: “Further to advertise your grace, that I have declared…”.
Formed from 'low ‘allow’ + -able
Linked words
through Latin laus ‘praise, commendation’
through Latin laudō ‘to praise, laud, extol’
Today it means
adj Permissible or commendable .
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin laus / lowable