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Where does “vive” come from?

vive (Italian) comes from Italian vivere, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

vive (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “vive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvivereto live; to be alive; to subsist; to be
2Latinvīvō—
3Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →