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Where did the term Love come from in the game of Tennis?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I remember that that term "love" was a pronounciation issue, when the french were saying "l'Oeuf" which means the egg, because a zero is shaped like an egg.
the english pronounced it leuve, then it becames love.
the same way the words Tennis...comes from the expression tenez...(the old french tennis players used to say "tenez" while serving....
- 1 decade ago
This date back to the famous tennis court oath in 1790. Two gay lovers were making love on the court for 40 minutes. Thats where the term 40 comes from
Your such a doofus
- StimpyLv 71 decade ago
It is an Anglocized version of "l'oeve" (not sure if I spelled that correctly) it means "the egg" in French, referring to the shape of the zero.
