Where does “vitalism” come from?
Vitalism derives from English vital combined with the suffix -ισμός from Ancient Greek, itself from Latin vitalis meaning of life, from Latin vivo meaning to live, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-.
vitalism (English): The doctrine that life involves some immaterial...
Definitions
- The doctrine that life involves some immaterial...
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