Etymology

lovability

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Today it means: The state or condition of being lovable. Full definition →

English love ← Middle English love ← Old English lufu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰéh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*lubō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*lubu
  5. Old Englishlufu
  6. Middle Englishlove
  7. Englishlove
  8. English todaylovability

From love + -ability.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.