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
- The quality of being semiviable
Ancestry of “semiviability”, step by step
semiviability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English semiviable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | semiviable | Partially viable |
| 2 | English | viable | Able to live on its own; Able to be done,... |
| 3 | French | viable | viable, feasible |
| 4 | French | vie | life, the state of organisms prior to death;... |
| 5 | Old French | vie | life |
| 6 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 7 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 8 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 9 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |