Where does “revive” come from?
Revive comes from Middle English revyven, from Latin revivo, combining the prefix re- with Latin vīvō (to live), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- (to live or quicken).
revive (English): To return to life; to become reanimated or...
Definitions
- To return to life; to become reanimated or...
Ancestry of “revive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | reviven | — |
| 2 | Latin | revivere | present active infinitive of revīvō |
| 3 | Latin | vivere | present active infinitive of vīvō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | vivo | I live; I am alive, I survive; I reside in |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |