A compound of life + rent
Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’
Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’
Old English līf
Middle English lyf
English life
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’
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Late Latin rendere
Early Medieval Latin rendita
Old French rente ‘income’
Middle English rent ‘rent: income’
English rent
Today it means
noun The right to receive for life the benefits of a property or other asset, without the right to dispose of it.
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Etymograph / liferent
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