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
- Being born alive, as are most mammals, some...
Ancestry of “viviparous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vīviparus | — |
| 2 | Latin | pariō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “viviparous”