Etymology

Vidal

V4I1D2A1L1

Today it means: An unincorporated community in eastern San Bernardino County, California, United States. Full definition →

Spanish Vidal ← Latin vītālis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvītālis“vital; life-giving”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromVidal
  3. English todayVidal

Borrowed from Spanish Vidal, from Latin vītālis (“vital; life-giving”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvītālis all →

vital

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.