English
Lovecraft
Compound of love + craft.
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
Proto-Germanic *krafjaną ‘to demand’
Proto-Germanic *kraftuz ‘strength, power’
Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ‘strength, power’
Old English cræft ‘strength, skill’
Middle English craft ‘strength, skill’
English craft
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lovecraft