English

lifehold

From life + hold.

A compound of life + hold

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf

Middle English lyf

English life

Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to tend, herd’

Proto-West Germanic *haldan

Old English healdan

Middle English holden ‘to hold’

English hold

Today it means

noun Land held by a life estate.

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

Etymograph / lifehold