English

live tally

Live tally comes from English tally ‘a match, a mate’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Made of the words live + tally

Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’

Proto-Germanic *libjaną ‘to live’

Proto-West Germanic *libbjan ‘to live’

Old English libban ‘to live’

Middle English lefe

English live

Every English word from English tally

verb To cohabit without marriage.

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