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Where does “vitalité” come from?

vitalité (Middle French) comes from Latin vitalitas, from Latin vītālis, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

Ancestry of “vitalité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitalitaslife, vitality
2Latinvītālis—
3Latinvīta—
4Latinvīvō—
5Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
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