Where does “vescu” come from?
vescu (Old French) comes from Latin vīxī, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
vescu (Old French): past participle of vivre
Ancestry of “vescu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vīxī | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
Words derived from “vescu”