English

livebearing

From live + bearing.

A compound of live + bearing

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

Middle English bering

Today it means

adj That bears live offspring; viviparous

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

Etymograph / livebearing