Etymograph

English

vivification

Vivification comes from Latin vīvificātiō ‘quickening, vivification’, from vīvus ‘alive, living’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃-1‘to live’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷih₃wós1‘alive, living’reconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷīwos1‘alive, living’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvus1‘alive, living’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvificō2‘to vivify’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvificātiō3‘quickening, vivification’
  7. Englishtodayvivification3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin vivifico
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin vivificatio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English vivification

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeyh₃-Wiktionary, Latin vivifico‘to live’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷih₃wósWiktionary, Latin vivifico‘alive, living’reconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷīwosWiktionary, Latin vivifico‘alive, living’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvusWiktionary, Latin vivifico‘alive, living’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvificōWiktionary, Latin vivificatio‘to vivify’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvificātiōWiktionary, English vivification‘quickening, vivification’
  7. EnglishtodayvivificationWiktionary, English vivification

Equivalent to vivificate + -ion

Latin vīvificātus ‘vivified’

English vivificate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’

biology, kidney, vitamin, viable, hygiene, zodiac, revive, vitality, anaerobic, quicksilver, quicken, quickness, wyvern, biogenesis, 56 more

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós ‘alive, living’

quick, vital, couch, vivid, vivacious, vivacity, convivial, 32 more

through Latin vīvus ‘alive, living’

vive, 5 more

Today it means

noun The giving of life; vitalization; animation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “vivification”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin vivifico, Latin vivificatio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- / vivification

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