Etymology of the English word loosestrife
the English word
loosestrifederived from the English word
loosederived from the Old Norse word
laussderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leu-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*lausazderived from the English word
strifederived from the Old French word
estrifderived from the Old French word
estritderived from the Frankish root
*stridDate
The earliest known usage of loosestrife in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
