Etymology

vivarium

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Today it means: A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals. Full definition →

Latin vīvārium ← Proto-Italic *gʷīwos ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  3. Proto-Italic*gʷīwos
  4. Latinvīvus
  5. Latinvīvārium
  6. English todayvivarium

Borrowed from Latin vīvārium.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.