Proto-Indo-European

*gʷíh₃weti

‘to live, to be alive’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.

27 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti, most familiar first.

• vital ← vītālis ← vīta ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• vivid ← vīvidus ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• vivacious ← vīvāx ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• convivial ← convīvium ← convīva ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• vivacity ← vīvācitās ← vīvāx ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• vivace ← vīvāx ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• vivat ← vīvō ← *gʷīwō
• victual ← vitaile ← vitaile ← vīctuālia ← vīctus
• azole ← azote ← azote ← ζωή ← ζῶ
• veve ← viver ← viver ← vīvere ← *gʷīwō
• viveur ← vivre ← vivre ← vivre ← vivō
• azote ← ζωή ← ζῶ ← ζώω ← *d͏̌ṓwō

More words from *gʷíh₃weti

• azine
• azepine
• azalogue
• convive
• convival
• diazine
• perezhivanie
• reviviscent
• reviction
• thiazine
• viand
• vivers
• vivency
• vitology
• vitalometer

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti