Live

Morpheme

Live

Type

free base

Denotation

(1) having life, be in a state between birth and death, not dead, survive, inhabit, reside; (2) allomorph of Life

Etymology

(1) Middle English lyven, libben; Old English lifian, libban; (2) Middle English lyf; Old English līf

Evidence

alive, enliven, livability, livable, live, liveaboard, livebirth, liveblogger, liveborn, lived, livelier, liveliest, lively, lives, livesome, livestock, livestream, living, longliver, mislive, nonliving, outlive, overlive, relive, shortliver, unalive, unlivable

See Also

Life