English
lifetap
From life + tap.
Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’
Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’
Old English līf
Middle English lyf
English life
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- ‘to lose’
Proto-Germanic *tappô ‘a plug, tap’
Proto-West Germanic *tappō
Old English tæppa ‘tap, spigot’
Middle English tappe ‘hollow device for controlling the flow of…’
English tap
Today it means
noun A spell or ability allowing a player to heal his or her own character by draining health from another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lifetap