English

left-leaning

From left + leaning.

A compound of left + leaning

Proto-Germanic *luft-

Old English left ‘weak, clumsy, foolish’

Middle English left

English left

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Old English hlinung

Middle English lening

Today it means

adj On the left wing politically.

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

Etymograph / left-leaning