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vital

/ˈvaɪtəl/VIGH-tuhl
/ˈvaɪtəl/VIGH-tuhl

Meaningof life

Common meaning: necessary for life

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GIW‘orig’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 102, p. 733 · scan
  2. Latinvīvō, vīxī, vīctum‘to live, be alive’
  3. Middle Englishvitalsource
  4. Englishvital‘necessary for life’ · today

vit also in: vividrevivesurviveconvivial

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vīvō ‘to live, be alive’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vīvō, p. 2001 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

convivialrevivesurvivevivid

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