lover

Concepts

foliage

axil

leaf

needle

verdure

greenstuff

Synonyms

blad

groen

loof

bladertooi

gebladerte

Translations

feuille

folium

foglia

hoja

yaprak

fulla

folha

feuillage

φύλλο

fullatge

Laubwerk

Laub

Grün

Federblatt

وَرَقَةٌ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈloː.vər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: lover

In summary

From Middle Dutch lover, originally the plural of loof. As with other words with plurals in -er, eventually this was substituted with -eren, creating loveren. This new plural was then reanalysed as a separate noun and a new singular form lover was back-formed from it.