English
vivacious
Vivacious comes from Latin vīvāx ‘lively, vigorous’, from vīvō ‘to live, to be alive’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷíh₃weti‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷīwō‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvō‘to live, to be alive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvāx‘lively, vigorous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1842vivacious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷíh₃weti‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷīwō‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvō‘to live, to be alive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvāx‘lively, vigorous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1842vivacious
Earliest quotation: 1842, Thomas Fuller, D.D.: “Hitherto the English bishops had been vivacious almost to…”
Formed from -acious
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
biology, kidney, vitamin, hygiene, viable, revive, vitality, zodiac, anaerobic, quicken, quicksilver, quickness, wyvern, biogenesis, 58 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós ‘alive, living’
through Latin vīvō ‘to live, to be alive’
Today it means
adj Lively and animated; full of life and energy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti / vivacious