Where does “semivivo” come from?
semivivo (Italian) comes from Italian vivo, from Latin vīvus, from Proto-Italic gʷīwos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
semivivo (Italian): half-alive; half-dead
Ancestry of “semivivo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | vivo | alive, live; brisk, animate, vivacious; vivid,... |
| 2 | Latin | vīvus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwos | alive, living |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |