Etymology

leafy

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Today it means: Covered with leaves. Full definition →

English leaf ← 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. English todayleafy

From leaf + -y.

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