lovage
The origin and history of lovage.
Etymology
From Middle English loveache, an altered form shaped by folk etymology after the words love and ache, the latter meaning parsley. It came through Anglo-Norman and Old French from Latin levisticum.
The origin and history of lovage.
From Middle English loveache, an altered form shaped by folk etymology after the words love and ache, the latter meaning parsley. It came through Anglo-Norman and Old French from Latin levisticum.
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