Where does “bivial” come from?
bivial (English) comes from English bivium, from Latin bivium, from Latin bivius, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
bivial (English): Of or relating to the bivium
Definitions
- Of or relating to the bivium
Ancestry of “bivial”, step by step
bivial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bivium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bivium | One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of... |
| 2 | Latin | bivium | A place with or where two ways meet; fork in the... |
| 3 | Latin | bivius | two-way; having two approaches |
| 4 | Latin | viā | road, street, path |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *wiā | road |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wih₁eh₂- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |