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