Where does “vi” come from?
vi (Réunion Creole French) comes from French vie, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti — to live.
vi (Réunion Creole French): life
Definitions
- life
Ancestry of “vi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vie | life, the state of organisms prior to death;... |
| 2 | Old French | vie | life |
| 3 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 4 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 5 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 6 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |