Where does “vivir” come from?

vivir (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese viver, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

vivir (Galician): to live; to dwell, reside; first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. to live; to dwell, reside; first/third-person...

Ancestry of “vivir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseviver—
2Latinvīvere—
3Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “vivir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti →