lief

English

/liːf/

adj
Definitions
  • (archaic) Beloved, dear, agreeable.
  • (archaic) Ready, willing.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English leef inherited from Old English lēof (lief, dear) inherited from Proto-Germanic *leubaz root from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (love, like, hold dear, break off, desire, cut off, care, peel, rind, break, damage).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lewbʰ-

Gloss

love, like, hold dear, break off, desire, cut off, care, peel, rind, break, damage

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

好

Emoji
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