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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

vita.

THE SHORT MEANING

Life; a way of living.

Nature

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈwiː.ta]Classical-Latin[ˈviː.ta]

  1. life

    declension-1

  2. living, support, subsistence

    broadly · declension-1

  3. a way of life

    declension-1

  4. real life (not fiction)

    declension-1

  5. mankind, the living

    declension-1 · figuratively

  6. biography, life (particularly but not necessarily a hagiography)

    Medieval-Latin · declension-1
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *gʷītā. Possibly corresponds to a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha, Welsh bywyd, Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ, “life”), Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan gayo (accusative ǰyātum) "life")), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

verb[ˈwiː.ta]Classical-Latin[ˈviː.ta]

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vītō

    active · form-of · imperative · present · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *gʷītā. Possibly corresponds to a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha, Welsh bywyd, Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ, “life”), Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan gayo (accusative ǰyātum) "life")), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

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