libet
Latin
verb
Definitions
- (with dative) it is pleasing; it is agreeable.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Italic *luβēt, *luβēō (desire) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (love, like, hold dear, break off, desire, cut off, care, peel, rind, break, damage).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewbʰ-
Gloss
love, like, hold dear, break off, desire, cut off, care, peel, rind, break, damage
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
好
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antilove English
- cyberlove English
- forelove English
- lack-love English
- ladylove English
- leaflove English
- libido English
- lovability English
- lovable English
- love English
- love apple English
- love feast English
- love-hate English
- love-shy English
- loveable English
- loveaholic English
- lovebead English
- lovebird English
- lovebot English
- lovebud English
- lovebug English
- loved English
- loveday English
- lovedom English
- lovee English
- lovefest English
- loveful English
- lovekin English
- loveless English
- lovelight English
- lovelike English
- loveling English
- lovelock English
- lovelore English
- lovely English
- lovemaker English
- lovemaking English
- lovemap English
- lovemate English
- lovemobile English
- lovemonger English
- loveness English
- lover English
- lovered English
- loveship English
- lovesick English
- lovesome English
- lovest English
- lovestone English
- lovetap English
- loveteam English
- loveth English
- loveworthy English
- lovey English
- lovez English
- lovie English
- lovish English
- mislove English
- money-love English
- motherlove English
- nonlove English
- outlove English
- overlove English
- quodlibet English
- relove English
- self-love English
- truelove English
- unlove English
- lovettaa Finnish
- libitum Latin
- perlibet Latin
- Liebling German
- entlieben German
- lieben German
- liebenswert German
- liebenswürdig German
- verlieben German
- любезный Russian
- λεπτός Ancient Greek
- *keh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *lubʰeh₁(ye)- Proto-Indo-European
- *bakiz Proto-Germanic
- *galaubijaną Proto-Germanic
- *laubijaną Proto-Germanic
- *laubą Proto-Germanic
- *leubaz Proto-Germanic
- *lubją Proto-Germanic
- *lubą Proto-Germanic
- *lubō Proto-Germanic
- *lubōną Proto-Germanic
- *uzlaubijaną Proto-Germanic
- ljuv Swedish
- ljuvlig Swedish
- ラブ Japanese
- ラブホテル Japanese
- lufian Old English
- लुभ् Sanskrit
- love Middle English
- loven Middle English
- leyfi Old Norse
- lofa Old Norse
- *ľubiti Proto-Slavic
- *ľuby Proto-Slavic
- *ľubъ Proto-Slavic
- *ľubь Proto-Slavic
- آلفته Persian
- lieben Middle High German
- léiwen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- labë Albanian
- liuver Old Swedish
- *luβēt, *luβēō Proto-Italic
- *laubijā Frankish
- liaupsė Lithuanian
- löf Volapük
- lav Tok Pisin
- lavim Tok Pisin
- alobi Sranan Tongo
- lobi Sranan Tongo
- lobi Aukan