Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA life insurance salesman or saleswoman.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp-der. Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līf Middle English lyf English life English -ie English lifie From life + -ie.
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