English
GL
GL comes from Japanese ガールズラブ ‘girls' love’.
- Japanesemodernガールズラブjīeruas GL‘girls' love’
- EnglishtodayGL
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodernガールズラブjīeruas GL‘girls' love’
- EnglishtodayGL
Formed from girls + love
Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- ‘love’
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Proto-Germanic *lubō ‘love’
Proto-West Germanic *lubu
Old English lufu
Middle English love ‘love’
English love
Every English word from Japanese ガールズラブ
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese ガールズラブ / GL