Etymology

vivify

viv·ify
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Today it means: To bring to life; to enliven. Full definition →

Old French vivifier ← Late Latin vivificō
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromvivificō
  2. Old French · derived fromvivifier
  3. English todayvivify

borrowed from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.