Where does “viviparous” come from?

Viviparous comes from Latin viviparus, combining Latin vivus (alive) and Latin viviparus (bearing live young), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós (alive) to Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- (to live).

viviparous (English): Being born alive, as are most mammals, some...

Definitions

  1. Being born alive, as are most mammals, some...

Ancestry of “viviparous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīviparusthat brings forth its young alive, viviparous
2Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “viviparous”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →