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Where does “vigilance” come from?

vigilance (Middle French) comes from Latin vigilantia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “vigilance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvigilantiavigilance, alertness; wakefulness
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “vigilance”

  • vigilance
  • hypervigilance
  • pharmacovigilance
  • haemovigilance
  • invigilance
  • hemovigilance
  • toxicovigilance
  • biovigilance
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