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Where does “revivable” come from?

revivable (English) comes from English revive, from Middle English reviven, from Latin revivere, from Latin vivere, from Latin vivo, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós — to live.

revivable (English): That can be revived. Possible to return to life

Definitions

  1. That can be revived. Possible to return to life

Ancestry of “revivable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreviveTo return to life; to become reanimated or...
2Middle Englishreviven—
3Latinreviverepresent active infinitive of revīvō
4Latinviverepresent active infinitive of vīvō; second-person...
5LatinvivoI live; I am alive, I survive; I reside in
6Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “revivable”

  • unrevivable
  • unrevivably
  • nonrevivable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →