lo

lo · interjection¹

1. Old English · inherited fromlā“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”
2. Middle English · inherited fromlo
3. English todaylo

Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.

lo · adjective²

Variant of low.

lo · noun³

Clipping of location.

lo · particle⁴

1. Hokkien · borrowed from囉 /啰
2. English todaylo

Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 /啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.

Lo · proper noun⁵

Clipping.

Lo · proper noun⁶

1. Mandarin · borrowed from洛
2. English todayLo

From Mandarin 洛 (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴.

Lo · proper noun⁷

1. Hokkien · borrowed from盧 /卢
2. Cantonese · borrowed from盧 /卢
3. English todayLo

From Cantonese 盧 /卢 (lou⁴) and Hokkien 盧 /卢 (Lô͘).

Lo · proper noun⁸

1. Cantonese · borrowed from羅 /罗
2. Mandarin · borrowed from羅 /罗
3. English todayLo

From Mandarin 羅 /罗 (Luó) or Cantonese 羅 /罗 (lo⁴). Doublet of Luo and Law.

Words from the same roots