English

lovemate

From love + mate.

A compound of love + mate

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 *matiz ‘food’

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Old Saxon *gimato

Middle Low German gemate ‘messmate’

Middle Low German mate ‘messmate’

Middle English mate

English mate

Today it means

noun The person with whom one is mated in love; a lover or sweetheart.

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

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