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English word vital comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (To live, to be alive.), Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-, Proto-Indo-European *mno-, Danish Vitus

*gʷíh₃weti (Proto-Indo-European)

To live, to be alive.

*gʷeyh₃- (Proto-Indo-European)

*mno- (Proto-Indo-European)

Vitus (Danish)

*gʷīwō (Proto-Italic)

Live, be alive.

*gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)

*gʷītā (Proto-Italic)

Life.

vixi (Latin)

vita (Latin)

(by extension) living, support, subsistence. (figuratively) mankind, the living. A way of life. Life. Real life, not fiction.

vitalis (Latin)

Of or pertaining to life; vital, life-giving.

vital (Old French)

vital (English)

Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.. Containing life; living.. Invigorating or life-giving.. Necessary to continued existence.. Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.. Relating to the recording of life events.. Relating to, or characteristic of life.. Very important.

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