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{{11}}leave (n.) "permission," O.E. leafe "leave, permission, license," dative and accusative of leaf "permission," from W.Gmc. *lauba (Cf. O.N. leyfi "permission," O.S. orlof, O.Fris. orlof, Ger. Urlaub "leave of absence"), from PIE *leubh- "to care, desire, love, approve" (see LOVE (Cf. love) (n.)). Cognate with O.E. lief "dear," the original idea being "approval resulting from pleasure." Cf. LOVE (Cf. love), BELIEVE (Cf. believe). In military sense, it is attested from 1771.
{{12}}leave (v.) O.E. læfan "to let remain; remain; have left; bequeath," from P.Gmc. *laibijan (Cf. O.Fris. leva "to leave," O.S. farlebid "left over"), causative of *liban "remain," (Cf. O.E. belifan, Ger. bleiben, Goth. bileiban "to remain"), from root *laf- "remnant, what remains," from PIE *leip- "to stick, adhere;" also "fat." The Germanic root has only the sense "remain, continue," which also is in Gk. lipares "persevering, importunate." But this usually is regarded as a development from the primary PIE sense of "adhere, be sticky" (Cf. Lith. lipti, O.C.S. lipet "to adhere," Gk. lipos "grease," Skt. rip-/lip- "to smear, adhere to." Seemingly contradictory meaning of "depart" (early 13c.) comes from notion of "to leave behind" (as in to leave the earth "to die;" to leave the field "retreat").

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