Where did the term “fall in love” come from?

Orditz: Where did the term “fall in love” come from?
Can you site historical or linguistical information please?

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Answer by bettiewoeswoes
no way but down once you are in love… hence the term fall..

Answer by coasterbuff99
love is latin for “big hole in the ground” and ironically people kept falling in.

Answer by Obilee
u have to let urself fall to be in love…dont u know these tests where one person lets himself fall straight back and the other one needs to catch them.love is the same way u have to let urself fall in the faith the other will catch u

Answer by Marty K
I don’t know, but I do know that it’s a myth.

Answer by Chris C
Similar to fall asleep to pass from one state to another in this case “not in love” to “in love”. To fall in love is attested from 1423, to fall asleep is 1393

Answer by Kevin
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