vif
French
adj
Definitions
- lively, brisk
- vivid, bright
- keen, sharp
- (words) poignant, cutting, sharp
- (edges) sharp, jagged
- (pain) acute, intense, strong
- (feelings) great, deep
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French vif inherited from Old French vif inherited from Latin vīvus (alive, living, living thing) inherited from Proto-Italic *gʷīwos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷih₃wós
Gloss
alive
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vive English
- vivarium Latin
- viviparus Latin
- vivus Latin
- vīvus Latin
- vivo Italian
- vief Dutch, Flemish
- vivement French
- vivo Spanish, Castilian
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- vif Old French
- viu Catalan, Valencian
- viață Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- viu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- înviora Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vif Norman
- vif Middle French
- vivo Old Portuguese
- *biwos Proto-Celtic
- *biwotūts Proto-Celtic
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- yeatsã Aromanian
- yiu Aromanian
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- vivu Asturian
- vîf Friulian
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- vîvo Ligurian
- vi Dalmatian
- bivo Ladino
- 𐎪𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- *gīˀwás bat-pro
- 𐌁𐌉𐌅𐌖𐌔 Oscan