The origin of the word life is love. Seriously. It is only partially correct to state that life stems from the Proto-Indo-European word ‘*lip’ meaning, ‘to remain, persevere, and continue’ for the Proto-Indo-European word ‘*lip’ stems from the Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”) which equates to the Sanskrit word लुभ् meaning to desire, to covet, to long for. Interestingly enough, this is also the true meaning and purpose of life. Indeed, the purpose of life is love, i.e., the need to love and be loved. Perhaps this is why it is said that love is the greatest because faith and hope can only work by love, and only show themselves by love. It really is all about love.
~ Wald