Etymology

Vitus

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Today it means: A male given name from Latin. Full definition →

Late Latin Vitus
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  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromVitus
  2. English todayVitus

Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.

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