Etymology

lifeway

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Today it means: One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional. Full definition →

Middle English *lif-wei ← Old English līfweġ
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  1. Old English · inherited fromlīfweġ
  2. Middle English · inherited from*lif-wei
  3. English todaylifeway

From Middle English *lif-wei (attested as lifes wege, lives wegas), from Old English līfweġ. By surface analysis, life + way.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.