lifepath

noun

Etymology

From life + path.

  1. derived from *póntoh₁s
  2. derived from *pántaHs
  3. derived from *pántaHh
  4. inherited from *paþaz
  5. inherited from *paþ
  6. inherited from pæþ
  7. inherited from path
  8. compounded as lifepath — “life + path

Definitions

  1. One's path through life, as determined by the decisions one makes.

    • It comes about as rational actors make informed choices between realistic alternative lifepaths, always taking responsibility for the consequences that those choices will have on their own cumulative life stories[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lifepath. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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