Where does “lover” come from?
Lover derives from Middle English lufere, a term for one who loves or is in love.
lover (English): One who loves and cares for another person in a...
Definitions
- One who loves and cares for another person in a...
Ancestry of “lover”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | lovere | A friend; one who is favorable towards someone or something |
| 2 | Middle English | loven | to love |
| 3 | Old English | lofian | to praise; exalt; to appraise; value; put a price... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *lobōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lubōną | to praise |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewbʰ- | to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēw- | to sound, resound, sing out; to leave |