English
vitality
Vitality comes from Latin vitalitas ‘vital force, life’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *gʷītā.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷītā‘life’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīta‘life’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitalis‘vital’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitalitas‘vital force, life’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600vitalité
- Englishtodayvitality
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷītā‘life’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīta‘life’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitalis‘vital’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitalitas‘vital force, life’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600vitalité
- Englishtodayvitality
Formed from vital + -ity
Latin vīvō ‘to live’
Latin vīta ‘life’
Latin vītālis ‘of life’
Old French vital
Middle English vital
English vital
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
quick, biology, couch, kidney, hygiene, vivid, revive, zodiac, anaerobic, vive, vivacious, biogenesis, wyvern, convivial, vivacity, 61 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂
through Latin vīta ‘life’
Today it means
noun The capacity to live and develop.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *gʷītā / vitality