English

softleaf

From soft + leaf.

A compound of soft + leaf

Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) ‘level’

Old English sōfte

Middle English softe ‘soft’

English soft

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

Today it means

adj Having soft leaves (in the names of various plants).

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

Etymograph / softleaf