Allow
/əˈlaʊ/noun
To permit or let something happen.
Did you know?The word comes through Anglo-French and Old French from a Latin root meaning “to praise” or “approve,” so permission and approval were historically linked in the word’s ancestry.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
allaudare
“to praise highly; approve”
Old French
Old French
alouer
“to praise, approve, grant”
Middle English
English
allowen
“to approve, accept as true, permit”
Modern English
English
allow
“to permit or let happen”
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