Leaf

Morpheme

Leaf

Type

free base

Denotation

foliage

Etymology

Middle English leef; Old English lēaf

Evidence

arrowleaf, babyleaf, bitterleaf, bloodleaf, butterleaf, disleaf, endleaf, fiddleleaf, flatleaf, heartleaf, interleaf, largeleaf, leaf, leafage, leafbase, leafbearing, leafblowing, leafeater, leafed, leafer, leafery, leafet, leafflower, leafing, leaflet, leafling, leafpile, leafroll, leafs, leafscraper, leafset, leafspot, leafstalk, leafy, looseleaf, mutlileaf, needleleaf, noseleaf, overleaf, singleaf, softleaf, toothleaf, twinleafleaffish, waterleaf

Notes

related to Lobby, Loggia, and Lodge through Proto-Germanic *lauba-

See Also

Leave, Fole, Lobby, Lodge, Loggia