Where does “lover” come from?

lover (Middle English) comes from Old French lovier, from Medieval Latin *lōdārium.

lover (Middle English): louver type of turret

Definitions

  1. louver type of turret

Ancestry of “lover”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlovier—
2Medieval Latin*lōdārium—

Words derived from “lover”

Every word from Medieval Latin *lōdārium →Every word from Old French lovier →