Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *lubą Proto-West Germanic *lob Old English lof Middle English lof English lofe Inherited from Middle English lof, lofe (“praise, price”), from Old English lof (“praise, glory, repute, song of praise, hymn”), from Proto-West Germanic *lob, from Proto-Germanic *lubą (“praise, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, like”) (and thence a distant doublet of love). Cognate with Scots lofe (“an offer”), North Frisian lof (“praise”), Dutch lof (“praise, glory, commendation”), German Lob (“praise, commendation, tribute”), Icelandic lof (“praise”). For semantic development, perhaps compare the etymology of praise and its senses.
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