English
sempervive
Sempervive comes from Latin sempervivus ‘ever-living’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsempervivus‘ever-living’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsemperviva
- Englishtodaysempervive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsempervivus‘ever-living’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsemperviva
- Englishtodaysempervive
A compound of semper ‘always’ + vivus ‘living’
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’
Proto-Indo-European *sḗm ‘one’
Latin semper ‘always’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós ‘alive’
Proto-Italic *gʷīwos ‘alive, living’
Latin vivus ‘living’
Every English word from Latin sempervivus
Today it means
noun A succulent plant, the houseleek.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sempervivus / sempervive