Etymology

lifestyle

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Today it means: A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group. Full definition →

English style ← Middle English stile ← Old French estile
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  2. Proto-Germanic*lībaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*lībą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*līb
  5. Old Englishlīf
  6. Middle Englishlyf
  7. Englishlife
  8. Medieval Latinstylus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  10. Proto-Italic*stiglos?
  11. Latinstilu
  12. Old Frenchestile
  13. Middle Englishstile
  14. Englishstyle
  15. English todaylifestyle

From life + style.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.