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Where does “inviably” come from?

inviably (English) comes from English inviable, from English viable, from French viable, from French vie, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta — to live.

inviably (English): In an inviable manner

Definitions

  1. In an inviable manner

Ancestry of “inviably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinviableUnable to sustain its own life
2EnglishviableAble to live on its own; Able to be done,...
3Frenchviableviable, feasible
4Frenchvielife, the state of organisms prior to death;...
5Old Frenchvielife
6Old Frenchviḍe—
7Latinvitamaccusative singular of vīta
8Latinvīta—
9Latinvīvō—
10Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
11Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
12Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
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