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Where does “living” come from?

Living comes from Old English libban, from Proto-Germanic libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European leip-, meaning to remain or persist.

living (English): present participle of live; Having life; alive;...

Definitions

  1. present participle of live; Having life; alive;...

Ancestry of “living”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlivynge—

Words derived from “living”

  • livingness
  • livingly
  • everliving
  • unliving
  • landliving
  • coliving
  • everlive
  • non-living
Every word from Middle English livynge →