Where does “lifeboat” come from?
Lifeboat comes from English life and Middle English boot, from Old English bāt, from Latin buttis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-.
lifeboat (English): A boat especially designed for saving the lives...
Definitions
- A boat especially designed for saving the lives...
Ancestry of “lifeboat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | life | The state of organisms preceding their death,... |
| 2 | Middle English | lyf | life |
| 3 | Old English | līf | life, existence; life-time |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | līb | body; life |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lībą | body; life |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lībaną | to remain, to be left |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyp- | to stick; fat or sticky substance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |
Words derived from “lifeboat”