English
lowness
Lowness comes from Middle English lownesse.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lownesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1861lowness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lownesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1861lowness
Earliest quotation: 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley: “My attention was attracted to the next box [booth]…”
Formed from low + -ness
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
Every English word from Middle English lownesse
Today it means
noun The property of being low.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English lownesse / lowness