Where does “viande” come from?
viande (Middle French) comes from Old French viande, from Latin vīvanda, from Latin vīvenda, from Latin vīvendus, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós — to live.
viande (Middle French): food; nourishment; meat
Ancestry of “viande”, step by step