English

liverloaf

From liver + loaf.

A compound of liver + loaf

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 *hlaibaz ‘bread’

Proto-West Germanic *hlaib ‘bread’

Old English hlāf ‘bread’

Middle English laf

English loaf

Today it means

noun A kind of meatloaf made from liver.

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

Etymograph / liverloaf