English

liverleaf

From liver + leaf.

A compound of liver + leaf

Proto-Germanic *librō

Proto-West Germanic *libru

Old English lifer

Middle English lyvere ‘the liver as the purported origin of love’

English liver

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

Today it means

noun A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine.

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

Etymograph / liverleaf