English

lovebud

From love + bud.

A compound of love + bud

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-West Germanic *buʀdā ‘bud of a flower or fruit’

Old English *budde

Middle English budde

English bud

Today it means

noun The clitoris.

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