The story
- Latin · derived fromvītālis“of life, life-giving”
- Old French · derived fromvital
- Middle English · inherited fromvital
- English todayvital
From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), from vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“to live”). Doublet of jiva and quick.
Words from the same roots
Latinvītālis all →
Vidal
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.