English
lifeguarding
From lifeguard + -ing.
A compound of lifeguard + -ing
Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘body’
Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’
Old Dutch līf ‘body’
Middle Dutch lijf ‘body’
Dutch lijf ‘body’
English lifeguard
Today it means
noun The occupation of a lifeguard.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lifeguarding