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Where does “lovelessly” come from?

lovelessly (English) comes from English loveless, from English Love, from Middle English love, from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic lubō, from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European lēw- — to sound, resound, sing out; to leave.

lovelessly (English): Without love; in a loveless fashion

Definitions

  1. Without love; in a loveless fashion

Ancestry of “lovelessly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlovelessWithout love
2EnglishLove—
3Middle Englishlovelove
4Old Englishlufulove
5Proto-West Germanic*lubu—
6Proto-Germaniclubōlove, affection
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewbʰ-to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave
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