英语词汇“Indo-European root: leip-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: leip-

释义

‌‌leip-
To stick, adhere; fat.
Derivatives include life, and liver.¹

life, lively, from Old English līf, life (< "continuance"), from Germanic *lībam.
1. live¹, from Old English lifian, libban, to live;
2. lebensraum, from Old High German lebēn, to live. Both a and b from Germanic *libēn.
1. leave¹, from Old English lǣfan, to leave, have remaining;
2. delay, relay, from Old French laier, to leave, from Frankish *laibjan. Both a and b from o-grade Germanic causative *-laibjan.
liver¹, from Old English lifer, liver (formerly believed to be the blood-producing organ), from Germanic *librō.
Zero-grade form *lip‑. lipo-, from Greek lipos, fat.
Variant form *əleibh‑. aliphatic; synalepha, from Greek aleiphein, to anoint with oil.

[Pokorny 1. leip‑ 670.]

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