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Where does “revivement” come from?

revivement (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.

revivement (English): revival

Definitions

  1. revival

Ancestry of “revivement”, 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
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