English

lifedrop

life + drop

A compound of life + drop

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf

Middle English lyf

English life

Proto-Germanic *drupô ‘drop’

Proto-West Germanic *dropō ‘drop’

Old English dropa ‘a drop’

Middle English droppe ‘small quantity of liquid’

English drop

Today it means

noun A drop of blood, seen as sustaining vitality.

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

Etymograph / lifedrop