living

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having life; alive.

   Every living thing needs water to survive.

2. 2
   adj

   Still used or spoken today.

   Spanish is a living language spoken by millions of people.

3. 3
   noun

   The money you earn to support yourself.

   He earns a living by teaching English.

From Middle English livynge, libbyng, livinde, livand, livende, libbinde, libbende, from Old English lifiġende, lifiende, libbende, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjandī, from Proto-Germanic *libjandz (“living”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), equivalent to live + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian libbend (“living”), Dutch levend (“living”), German lebend (“living”), Swedish levande (“living”), Icelandic lifandi (“living”).

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