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...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “vive”, step by step

vive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian vivere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvivereto live; to be alive; to subsist; to be
2Latinvīvōto live
3Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via Italian vivo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvivoalive, live; brisk, animate, vivacious; vivid,...
2Latinvīvusalive, living
3Proto-Italicgʷīwosalive, living
4Indo-European*gʷih₃wós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti →