English

lifecast

From life + cast.

A compound of life + cast

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf

Middle English lyf

English life

Proto-Germanic *kas- ‘to throw’

Proto-Germanic *kastōną ‘to throw’

Old Norse kasta ‘to throw’

Middle English casten

English cast

Today it means

noun A three-dimensional copy of a living human body, made by molding and casting techniques.

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

Etymograph / lifecast