![]() ![]() Middle English from Old English lufu leubh- in Indo-European rootsĪmerican Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Editionįrom the phrase Neither for love nor for money, meaning "nothing". The closing-of-a-letter sense is presumably a truncation of With love or the like. The previously held belief that it originated from the French term l'Å“uf (“the egg"), due to its shape, is no longer widely accepted. ![]() : to feel great affection for (someone) : to feel love for (someone) + object She obviously loves her family very much. Compare West Frisian leavje (“to love"), German lieben (“to love"). Britannica Dictionary definition of LOVE. ![]() ![]() See also lofe.įrom Middle English loven, lovien, from Old English lufian (“to love, cherish, sow love to fondle, caress delight in, approve, practice"), from the noun lufu (“love"). Cognate with Scots love, lofe (“to praise, honour, esteem"), Dutch loven (“to praise"), German loben (“to praise"), Swedish lova (“to promise, pledge"), Icelandic lofa (“to promise"). (A Definition) The definition of love is very hard to pinpoint just ask all the artists, scientists, and philosophers who have tried to provide a definitive answer over the years. Related to Old English lÄ“of (“dear, beloved"), lÄ«efan (“to allow, approve of"), Latin libet, lubō (“to please") and Albanian lyp (“to beg, ask insistently"), lips (“to be demanded, needed"), Serbo-Croatian ljubiti, ljubav, Russian любовь (ljubovʹ), любить (ljubitʹ).įrom Middle English loven, lovien, from Old English lofian (“to praise, exalt, appraise, value"), from Proto-Germanic *lubōnÄ… (“to praise, vow"), from *lubÄ… (“praise"), from Proto-Indo-European *leubÊ°- (“to like, love, desire"), *lewbÊ°. Cognate with Old Frisian luve (“love"), Old High German luba (“love"). From Middle English love, luve, from Old English lufu (“love, affection, desire"), from Proto-Germanic *lubō (“love"), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbÊ°-, *leubÊ°- (“love, care, desire"). ![]()
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