Where does “panvitalist” come from?
panvitalist (English) comes from English vital, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas, from Latin vītālis, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti — to live.
panvitalist (English): One who believes in the doctrine of panvitalism
Definitions
- One who believes in the doctrine of panvitalism
Ancestry of “panvitalist”, step by step
panvitalist traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English vital
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vital | Relating to, or characteristic of life; Necessary... |
| 2 | Middle French | vitalité | — |
| 3 | Latin | vitalitas | life, vitality |
| 4 | Latin | vītālis | of or pertaining to life; vital, life-giving |
| 5 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 6 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
via English PAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 2 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 3 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |