Where does “vitaiolo” come from?
vitaiolo (Italian) comes from Italian vita, 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.
vitaiolo (Italian): bon viveur, man about town, binger, playboy
Definitions
- bon viveur, man about town, binger, playboy
Ancestry of “vitaiolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | vita | life; waist |
| 2 | Latin | vīta | — |
| 3 | Latin | vīvō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |