livelihood

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• lyuelode (12th - 17th centuries)

[edit] Etymology

From Old English līf (“‘life’”) + lād (“‘course, journey’”), later altered under the influence of lively, -hood.

[edit] Noun

livelihood (plural livelihoods)

1. (obsolete) The length of someone's life; a person's lifetime.
2. (obsolete) Someone's manner of living; conduct, behaviour.
   • 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 [...].

3. A person's means of supporting himself.

[edit] Synonyms

• living
• subsistence

[edit] Translations