English

life-giver

life + giver

A compound of life + giver

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf

Middle English lyf

English life

Middle English gevar

English giver

Today it means

noun One who gives life, especially a deity.

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