Etymograph

English

aliveness

From alive + -ness.

A compound of alive + -ness

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘body’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf ‘life’

Old English on līfe

Middle English alyve ‘alive’

English alive

Today it means

noun The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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