Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prep
Lower in spatial position than. · Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc. · Downstream of. · South of.
adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryIn or to a lower place. · On or to a lower storey. · On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck. · Later in the same text.
From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”).
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