Where does “vivacity” come from?
Vivacity derives from French vivacité, from Latin vivācitās (liveliness), built on vivus (alive) from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- (to live).
vivacity (English): The quality or state of being vivacious
Definitions
- The quality or state of being vivacious
Ancestry of “vivacity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vivacitas | natural vigor, vital force, vivaciousness,... |
| 2 | Latin | vīvāx | Tenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious; venerable |
| 3 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |