English

money-love

The desire, love, or avarice for money and/or wealth; love of money.

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    Origin

    From money + love. Compare Old English feohlufu (“the love of money”, literally “money-love”).

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    • partEnglishmoney “A generally accepted means of exchange.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishmoneye
        • borrowedAnglo-Normanmuneie
    • partEnglishlove “A deep caring for the existence of another.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishlove
        • inheritedOld Englishlufu “love”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishlafe “remainder, rest; legacy; relict, widow”
        • derivedOld Norselōfi
      • inheritedMiddle Englishloven “to praise, set a price on”
        • inheritedOld Englishlufian “to love”
        • inheritedOld Englishlofian “to praise, exalt, appraise, value, set a price on”
      • derivedFrenchœuf
        • inheritedMiddle Frenchœuf

    Related: Old English feohlufu

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