vie
French
noun
Definitions
- life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death
- life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death
- biography, life
- life, lifeforms
- cost of living
Etymology
Inherited from Old French vie, viḍe inherited from Latin vīta (life) inherited from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.
Origin
Proto-Italic
*gʷītā
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- viable English
- vita Latin
- vitalis Latin
- vīta Latin
- vita Italian
- demi-vie French
- vida Spanish, Castilian
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃woteh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- vie Old French
- viḍe Old French
- vită Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vite Middle Dutch
- vida Old Portuguese
- *gʷītā Proto-Italic
- veta Romansh
- vita Romansh
- vida Asturian
- vite Friulian
- vida Old Occitan
- vìtta Ligurian
- vida Ladino
- vita Ladin
- vida Sardinian
- vita Neapolitan
- veîta Istriot
- bida Mirandese
- via Franco-Provençal
- vita Piedmontese