English word leaf comes from Proto-Indo-European *lōwbʰ-, Proto-Indo-European *lew-, and later Proto-Germanic *leubaz (Dear, beloved.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *lōwbʰ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *lew- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to cut, remove, prune, separate, to wash, to cut, to cut, separate, dissolve, to cut away, remove, prune |
| *leubh- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to love, love |
| *leubaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Dear, beloved. |
| *laubą | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Leaf. |
| lēof | Old English (ang) | |
| leof | Old English (ang) | Dear, beloved. |
| lēaf | Old English (ang) | |
| leaf | Old English (ang) | Leaf. Page. |
| lef | Middle English (enm) | |
| leaf | English (eng) | (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 [...] |