leubh- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	leubh-
DEFINITION:	To care, desire; love. Derivatives include livelong, belief, and libido. I. Suffixed form leubh-o-. lief; leman, livelong, from Old English lof,* dear, beloved, from Germanic leubaz. II.* O-grade form loubh-. 1a.* leave², from Old English laf, permission (< “pleasure, approval”); b. furlough, from Middle Dutch verlof, leave, permission (ver-, intensive prefix, from Germanic fer-; see per¹); c. belief, from Old English gelafa,* belief, faith, from Germanic galaub (ga-, intensive prefix; see kom). a–c all from Germanic laub. 2. believe, from Old English gelfan,* belfan, to believe, trust (be-, about; see ambhi), from Germanic galaubjan, “to hold dear,” esteem, trust (ga-, intensive prefix; see kom). III. Zero-grade form lubh-. 1. Suffixed form lubh--. love, from Old English lufu, love, from Germanic lub. 2. Suffixed (stative) form lubh--. quodlibet, from Latin libre, to be dear, be pleasing. 3. libido, from Latin libd, pleasure, desire. (Pokorny leubh- 683.)


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