Where does “vivifier” come from?
vivifier (French) comes from Latin vivificare, from Latin vīvus, from Proto-Italic gʷīwos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
vivifier (French): to vivify
Ancestry of “vivifier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vivificare | present active infinitive of vīvificō;... |
| 2 | Latin | vīvus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwos | alive, living |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
Words derived from “vivifier”