English

lack-love

From lack + love.

A compound of lack + love

Proto-Germanic *lakaz ‘limp’

Proto-Germanic *laką

Proto-West Germanic *lak

Old English *læc ‘deficiency’

Middle English lack

English lack

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

Today it means

adj Uncaring; indifferent to love; loveless.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / lack-love