Where does “vie” come from?

vie (French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós — to live.

vie (French): life, the state of organisms prior to death;...

Definitions

  1. life, the state of organisms prior to death;...

Ancestry of “vie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvielife
2Old Frenchviḍe
3Latinvitamaccusative singular of vīta
4Latinvītalife
5Latinvīvōto live
6Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “vie

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-