Origin of 'love'

Does anyone know what the origin is of the word 'love' in tennis??

I've heard that it's a bastardization of the French word "l'oeuf" (egg, pronounced "loof," rhymes with "woof.")

Meaning you got the big egg, zero.

..Joe

I've heard that it's a bastardization of the French word "l'oeuf" (egg, pronounced "loof," rhymes with "woof.")

Meaning you got the big egg, zero.

..Joe


yeh Joe is right.. i read about that tooo

thanks

Does anyone know what the origin is of the word 'love' in tennis??

"Because there's no point to being in love."
Sports Freak.

"Because there's no point to being in love."
Sports Freak.

"In tennis, love is nothing. In life, it is everything."

Oops! My bad! I didn't realize (or read) that you were in Belgium. Obviously you know how to pronounce: "l'oeuf!"

..Joe

Hmm... I heard otherwise, that it developed in the royal courts as a "proper" game between ladies and gentlemen... and was a part of matchmaking, therefore the use of "love". I could be wrong