Where does “vital” come from?
vital (French) comes from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
vital (French): vital
Ancestry of “vital”, step by step
Words derived from “vital”