Where does “live” come from?

live (Latin) comes from Latin liveo, from Proto-Italic sliwēō, from Proto-Indo-European sliwo-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

live (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “live”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinliveoI am of a bluish color; I am livid; I am envious,...
2Proto-Italicsliwēō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansliwo-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₃y-blueish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sliwo- →Every word from Proto-Italic sliwēō →
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