Livelihood Definition

līvlē-ho͝od
livelihoods
noun
livelihoods
Means of living or of supporting life; subsistence.
Webster's New World

(now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate. [from 15th c.]

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livelihood
Plural:
livelihoods

Origin of Livelihood

  • Middle English livelyhed alteration (influenced by liflihed liveliness, energy, vigor) of livelode from Old English līflād līf life life lād course leit- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English liflode, from Old English lÄ«flād (“course of life, conduct"), from lÄ«f (“life") +"Ž lād (“course, journey"), later altered under the influence of lively, -hood. Compare life, lode.

    From Wiktionary

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