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English word leaf comes from Proto-Indo-European *lōwbʰ-, Proto-Indo-European *lew-, and later Proto-Germanic *leubaz (Dear, beloved.)

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*lōwbʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*lew- (Proto-Indo-European)

to cut, remove, prune, separate, to wash, to cut, to cut, separate, dissolve, to cut away, remove, prune

*leubh- (Proto-Indo-European)

to love, love

*leubaz (Proto-Germanic)

Dear, beloved.

*laubą (Proto-Germanic)

Leaf.

lēof (Old English)

leof (Old English)

Dear, beloved.

lēaf (Old English)

leaf (Old English)

Leaf. Page.

lef (Middle English)

leaf (English)

(intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.. (transitive) To divide (a vegetable) into separate leaves. (botany) A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.. (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.. (in the plural) Tea leaves.. A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged [...]

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