English

liveforever

From live + forever, from its hardiness.

A compound of live + forever

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 for ever

Today it means

noun The houseleek (Sempervivum spp.).

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

Etymograph / liveforever