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leafful

Today it means: An amount or measure held by a leaf. Full definition →

Middle English leful ← Old English lēaffull

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leafful · adjective¹

Old English · inherited fromlēaffull
Middle English · inherited fromleful
English todayleafful

From Middle English leful, leafful, lefful, from Old English lēaffull, ġelēafful (“believing, faithful, full of faith”), equivalent to leaf + -ful.

leafful · noun²

From leaf + -ful.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishleful all →

Old Englishlēaffull all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.