English

leaflitter

From leaf + litter.

A compound of leaf + litter

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’

Latin lectus ‘bed’

English litter

Today it means

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