Where does “demi-vie” come from?
demi-vie (French) comes from French vie, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti — to live.
demi-vie (French): half-life
Ancestry of “demi-vie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vie | life, the state of organisms prior to death;... |
| 2 | Old French | vie | life |
| 3 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 4 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 5 | Latin | vīta | — |
| 6 | Latin | vīvō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |