Where does “nonviability” come from?
nonviability (English) comes from English viability, 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.
nonviability (English): The state or condition of being nonviable;...
Definitions
- The state or condition of being nonviable;...
Ancestry of “nonviability”, step by step
nonviability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English viability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | viability | The property of being viable; the ability to live... |
| 2 | English | viable | Able to live on its own; Able to be done,... |
| 3 | French | viable | viable, feasible |
| 4 | French | vie | life, the state of organisms prior to death;... |
| 5 | Old French | vie | life |
| 6 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 7 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 8 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 9 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |