Love (noun) OE lufu, "love, affection, friendliness", from P.Gmc. From the german word 'lieb', "dear, beloved; "not found elsewhere as a noun." From PIE 'leubh', "to care, desire, love".
Love (verb)
OE lufian, from P.Gmc., lubojanan, from the root of love (noun). French (verb), part of speech that expresses action or being. From Latin word 'verbum', "originally a word "command"; or Greek 'rhetor'- "public speaker".
Love-hate (adjective)
"Ambivalent" is from 1937, originally a term in psychological jargon."
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