Where does “vivo” come from?

vivo (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

vivo (Latin): to live

Definitions

  1. to live

Ancestry of “vivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “vivo”

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