Etymology

lifie

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Today it means: A life insurance salesman or saleswoman. Full definition →

English life ← Middle English lyf ← Old English līf
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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. English todaylifie

From life + -ie.

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