Where does “semiviability” come from?

semiviability (English) comes from English semiviable, 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.

semiviability (English): The quality of being semiviable

Definitions

  1. The quality of being semiviable

Ancestry of “semiviability”, step by step

semiviability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English semiviable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsemiviablePartially viable
2EnglishviableAble to live on its own; Able to be done,...
3Frenchviableviable, feasible
4Frenchvielife, the state of organisms prior to death;...
5Old Frenchvielife
6Old Frenchviḍe
7Latinvitamaccusative singular of vīta
8Latinvītalife
9Latinvīvōto live
10Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
11Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
12Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti