Etymology

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Today it means: As an intransitive verb, often with "at". Full definition →

Middle English loken ← Old English lōcian ← Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn
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look · verb, interjection, noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic*lōkōn
  2. Old Englishlōcian
  3. Middle Englishloken
  4. English todaylook

From Middle English loken, lokien, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn. Further origin unknown, no certain cognates outside Germanic. Cognate with Scots luke, luik, leuk (“to look, see”), West Frisian lôkje, loaitsje (“to look”), Dutch loeken (“to look”), German Low German löken. Likely also related to German lugen (“to peek”), Alemannic German luege (“to look”), Yiddish לוגן (lugn).

Look · proper noun2

From Luke (“a given name”).

Look · proper noun3

  1. Cantonese · derived from陸 /陆“a surname”
  2. English todayLook

From Cantonese 陸 /陆 (luk⁶, “a surname”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlōcian all →

looking

Cantonese陸 all →

Luk

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