Left Definition
Of the political left; communist, socialist, liberal, etc.
- leftwardly
- leftwards
- sinistrally
Simple past tense and past participle of leave..
Other Word Forms of Left
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Left
- have two left feet
Origin of Left
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From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, useless"), from Proto-Germanic *luft- (compare Scots left (“left"), North Frisian lefts, leeft, leefts (“left"), West Frisian lofts (“left"), dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless"), dialectal Low German lucht (“left"), from *lubjanÄ… "to castrate, lop off" (compare dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leup, *(s)lup "hanging limply". More at lob, lop.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English lyft- weak, useless (in lyftādl paralysis) N., sense 2, from the fact that liberals often sit on the left side of the legislative chamber in various assemblies
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From a verbal use of leave (“permission"), perhaps connected to Middle English leven (“to give leave to, permit, concede"), from Old English lÄ«efan, lȳfan (“to allow"). More at leave.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English left, variant of laft (“remaining, left"), from Old English lÇ£fd, Ä¡elÇ£fd, past participle of lÇ£fan (“to leave"). More at leave.
From Wiktionary
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