Etymology

liveness

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Today it means: The property of being alive. Full definition →

English live ← Middle English alyve ← Old English on līfe
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  6. Proto-Germanic*lībaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*lībą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*līb
  9. Old Englishlīf
  10. Old Englishlīfe
  11. Old Englishon līfe
  12. Middle Englishalyve
  13. Englishaliveclip.
  14. Englishlive
  15. English todayliveness

From live + -ness.

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