livelihood

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English liflode, from Old English līflād (course of life, conduct), from līf (life) +‎ lād (course, journey), later altered under the influence of lively, -hood. More at life, lode.

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  • (UK) IPA: /ˈlʌɪvlɪhʊd/

[edit] Noun

livelihood (plural livelihoods)

  1. (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour. [10th-17th c.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.3:
      his name is sir Ector, & he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond & Walys [...].
  2. A person's means of supporting himself. [from 14th c.]
  3. (now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate. [from 15th c.]
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts V:
      Then sayde Peter: Ananias how is it that satan hath fillen thyne hert, thatt thou shuldest lye unto the holy goost, and kepe awaye parte off the pryce off thy lyvelod [...]?

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