Where does “loveable” come from?

Loveable comes from Old French -able and Latin -abilis, suffixes derived from Proto-Indo-European roots expressing capacity or tendency.

loveable (English): Alternative form of lovable

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of lovable

Ancestry of “loveable”, step by step

loveable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lovable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlovableInspiring or deserving love or affection
2Middle Englishlovablelovable deserving love
3Middle Englishlovento love
4Old Englishlofianto praise; exalt; to appraise; value; put a price...
5Proto-Germanic*lobōn—
6Proto-Germaniclubōnąto praise
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewbʰ-to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave

via English love

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishloveStrong affection; A person who is the object of...
2EnglishLoveradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter L
3Middle Englishlovelove; strong and deep affection
4Old Englishlufulove
5Proto-West Germanic*lubulove
6Proto-Germaniclubōlove, affection

Words derived from “loveable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēw- →