English
vie
Vie comes from Latin invītō ‘to invite, summon’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvītō‘to invite, summon’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400envier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500envien
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1590–1592vie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvītō‘to invite, summon’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400envier
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500envien
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1590–1592vie
Earliest quotation: c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew: “She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- ‘to speak’
epic, wight, whit, epos, 30 more
through Proto-Italic *wōks ‘voice’
vocalist, vocally, voiceless, vocalize, 26 more
through Latin vōx ‘voice, speech’
voice, vocal, vox, vociferous, 26 more
through Latin vocō ‘to call’
advocate, vocational, provoke, provocative, invoke, vocation, vouch, irrevocable, provocateur, revocable, 30 more
through Latin invocō ‘to invoke’
through Latin invītō ‘to invite, summon’
Today it means
verb To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin invītō / vie