English
lifeday
Lifeday comes from Middle English lif-day.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lif-day
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1390lifeday
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lif-day
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1390lifeday
Earliest quotation: c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman: “For loth in his lifdayes · for likyng of…”
Every English word from Middle English lif-day
Today it means
noun A day of someone's life; chiefly in plural: a lifetime.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English lif-day / lifeday