English

lifetaker

From life + taker.

A compound of life + taker

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf

Middle English lyf

English life

Middle English takere

English taker

Today it means

noun A murderer; an assassin.

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