Where does “inviable” come from?
inviable (French) comes from French viable, from French vie, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō — to live.
inviable (French): inviable
Definitions
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Ancestry of “inviable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | viable | viable, feasible |
| 2 | French | vie | life, the state of organisms prior to death;... |
| 3 | Old French | vie | life |
| 4 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 5 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 6 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 7 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |