| 【live】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "libban," and "lifian." It carries the basic meaning of "live." from PIE *leip- "to stick, adhere" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "live"]
alive ****[1543] If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
life ****[808] Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have.
lifetime ****[2162] A lifetime is the length of time that someone is alive.
live ****[119] To live means to be alive. If someone lives to a particular age, they stay alive until they are that age.
livelihood ☆[4678] Your livelihood is the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need.
living ****[1330] You use living to talk about the places where people relax when they are not working.
wildlife ****[2323] You can use wildlife to refer to the animals and other living things that live in the wild.
[WORD ROOT]root live
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] life, liv, live
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) libban, lifian
[MEANING]root live
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 libban [=lifian]
- 【Old English】 lifian to be, be alive, have life; continue in life; to experience
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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alive ★★★★[1543] adjective from alive 〈 live
【DEFINITION】 If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ a; without, on, to ⑵ live; live
【Etymology】 《Old English on life》 in living, not dead
【DERIVATIVEs】 aliveness, alive
life ★★★★[808] noun
【DEFINITION】 Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have.
【pl.】 lives
【SYNONYM】 vitality, biography
【ROOTs】 life(live); live
【Etymology】 《Old English lifian》 to be, be alive, have life; continue in life; to experience
【First Known Meaning】 animated corporeal existence; lifetime, period between birth and death; the history of an individual from birth to death, written account of a person's life; way of life (good or bad); condition of being a living thing, opposite of death; spiritual existence imparted by God, through Christ, to the b
【DERIVATIVEs】 enliven, live, livelily, liveliness, lively, liven, life
lifetime ★★★★[2162] noun from lifetime 〈 live
【DEFINITION】 A lifetime is the length of time that someone is alive.
【pl.】 lifetimes
【COMPOSITION】 life + time
【ROOTs】 ⑴ life(live); live ⑵ time; time
【Etymology】 《Old English lifian》 to be, be alive, have life; continue in life; to experience
live ★★★★[119] verb from live
【DEFINITION】 ① If someone lives in a particular place or with a particular person, their home is in that place or with that person.
② If you say that someone lives in particular circumstances or that they live a particular kind of life, you mean that they are in those circumstances or that they have that kind of life.
③ If you say that someone lives for a particular thing, you mean that it is the most important thing in their life.
【Declension/Conjugation】 lived, lived, living, lives
【SYNONYM】 remain
【ROOTs】 live; live
【Etymology】 《Old English lifian》 to be, be alive, have life; continue in life; to experience
【First Known Meaning】 to be, be alive, have life; continue in life; to experience
【DERIVATIVEs】 enliven, live, livelily, liveliness, lively, liven, life
livelihood ☆[4678] noun from live
【DEFINITION】 Your livelihood is the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need.
【pl.】 livelihoods
【SYNONYM】 living
【COMPOSITION】 lively + hood
【ROOTs】 ⑴ live; live ⑵ li(ly); ly ⑶ hood; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English lifian》 to be, be alive, have life; continue in life; to experience
【First Known Meaning】 means of keeping alive
living ★★★★[1330] adjective from live
【DEFINITION】 You use living to talk about the places where people relax when they are not working.
【COMPOSITION】 live + ing
【ROOTs】 ⑴ liv(live); live ⑵ ing; suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English lifian》 to be, be alive, have life; continue in life; to experience
【DERIVATIVEs】 livingly, livingness, living
wildlife ★★★★[2323] noun from wildlife 〈 live
【DEFINITION】 You can use wildlife to refer to the animals and other living things that live in the wild.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【COMPOSITION】 wild + life
【ROOTs】 ⑴ wild; wild ⑵ life(live); live
【Etymology】 《Old English lifian》 to be, be alive, have life; continue in life; to experience
Other words containing "live"; aliveness, enliven, lifespan, lifestyle, liveable, livelily, liveliness, lively, liven, midlife
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
liter-, letter-
line
limit
like
light
lig
lie, lay
lic-
liber
lev
