English
lovebead
From love + bead.
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
Proto-Germanic *bedą ‘prayer, entreaty’
Proto-West Germanic *bed ‘prayer’
Proto-West Germanic *gabed ‘prayer’
Old English ġebed ‘prayer’
Middle English bede ‘a prayer’
English bead
Today it means
noun A bead made from a dyed seed pod, strung in a long beaded necklace and worn by men or women as part of countercultural fashion in the 1960s and 1970s.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lovebead