Etymograph

English

electrovital

From electro- + vital.

Formed from electro- + vital

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον ‘amber’

French electrum

French électro-

English electro-

Latin vīvō ‘to live’

Latin vīta ‘life’

Latin vītālis ‘of life’

Old French vital

Middle English vital

English vital

Today it means

adj Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals and humans.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / electrovital