vigilance
English
/ˈvɪdʒɪlɪns/, /ˈvɪdʒɪləns/
noun
Definitions
- Alert watchfulness.
- Close and continuous attention.
- (obsolete) A guard; a person set to watch.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French vigilance derived from Latin vigilantia.
Origin
Latin
vigilantia
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biovigilance English
- haemovigilance English
- hemovigilance English
- hypervigilance English
- hypovigilance English
- invigilance English
- pharmacovigilance English
- phytovigilance English
- toxicovigilance English
- unvigilance English
- vigilans Latin
- vigilantia Latin
- vigilanza Italian
- vigilance French
- vigilancia Spanish, Castilian
- vigilância Portuguese
- vigilància Catalan, Valencian
- vigilance Middle French
- vixilancia Asturian