Etymology

Lovejoy

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old English lufu ← Old French ioie
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromioie“joy”
  2. Old English · inherited fromlufu“love”
  3. English todayLovejoy

From Old English lufu (“love”) + Old French ioie (“joy”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlufu all →

love

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.