Etymology

leafleteer

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Today it means: A person who writes, prints or distributes leaflets. Full definition →

English leaflet ← Middle English lef ← Old English lēaf
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*laubą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*laub
  4. Old Englishlēaf
  5. Middle Englishlef
  6. Englishleaf
  7. Englishleaflet
  8. English todayleafleteer

From leaflet + -eer.

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