Where does “vivant” come from?
Vivant comes from French vivant, the present participle of French vivre, derived from Latin vivere meaning to live, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-.
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Ancestry of “vivant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vivant | alive; living; present participle of vivre; a... |
| 2 | Latin | vīventem | — |
| 3 | Latin | vīvens | — |
| 4 | Latin | vīvō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |