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Love — Word History
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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EDGE 1supportsestablished
love → love / luve
Present-Day English → Middle English · inheritance
- SOUND
- Spelling stabilized around love while the short stressed vowel continued into modern English.
- MEANING
- Inherited noun and verb expanded into preference, devotion, and address.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- OED · Merriam-Webster
Word HistoryModern continuation and senses.
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stage 3supports
Anglo-Saxon England
Traces Middle English love from Old English lufu and reports first known noun and verb use before the twelfth century.
Word History: Etymology and First Known Use · regionalstage 4supports
Global English
Documents the living English noun and verb across affection, desire, devotion, address, activity, and other current senses while preserving the Old English lineage.
Definitions 1–8; Word History · global070
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