| 【look】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "locian." It carries the basic meaning of "look." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "look"]
look ****[67] If you look at a book, newspaper, or magazine, you read it fairly quickly or read part of it.
outlook **[4095] Your outlook is your general attitude towards life.
overlook **[4136] If a building or window overlooks a place, you can see the place clearly from the building or window.
[WORD ROOT]root look
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] look
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) locian
[MEANING]root look
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 locian use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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look ★★★★[67] verb from look
【DEFINITION】 ① If you look in a particular direction, you direct your eyes in that direction, especially so that you can see what is there or see what something is like.
② If you look at a book, newspaper, or magazine, you read it fairly quickly or read part of it.
③ If someone, especially an expert, looks at something, they examine it, and then deal with it or say how it should be dealt with.
【Declension/Conjugation】 looked, looked, looking, looks
【SYNONYM】 refer to
【ROOTs】 look; look
【Etymology】 《Old English locian》 use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy
【First Known Meaning】 use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy
outlook ★★[4095] noun from outlook 〈 look
【DEFINITION】 Your outlook is your general attitude towards life.
【SYNONYM】 prospect
【COMPOSITION】 out + look
【ROOTs】 ⑴ out; out ⑵ look; look
【Etymology】 《Old English locian》 use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy
【First Known Meaning】 mental view or survey,
overlook ★★[4136] verb from overlook 〈 look
【DEFINITION】 If a building or window overlooks a place, you can see the place clearly from the building or window.
【Declension/Conjugation】 overlooked overlooked overlooking overlooks
【SYNONYM】 miss, turn blind eye to, pass over, turn a blind eye to
【COMPOSITION】 over + look
【ROOTs】 ⑴ over; over ⑵ look; look
【Etymology】 《Middle English overloken》 [over+loken] to examine carefully, scrutinize, inspect
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
long
log-, logy-
loc-
live
liter-, letter-
line
limit
like
light
lig
