Etymology

loff

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Middle English lof ← Old English lof
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loff · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromlof“praise, glory, repute”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlof
  3. English todayloff

From Middle English lof, from Old English lof (“praise, glory, repute”). More at lofe.

loff · verb2

  1. Old English · inherited fromlofian“to praise, exalt, appraise, value”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromloven
  3. English todayloff

From Middle English loven, from Old English lofian (“to praise, exalt, appraise, value”). More at lofe, love (Etymology 2).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishlof all →

lofeloof

Old Englishlof all →

Middle Englishloven all →

lovelofe

Old Englishlofian all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.