Where does “vivre” come from?
vivre (Old French) comes from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
vivre (Old French): to live
Ancestry of “vivre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vīvō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
Words derived from “vivre”