French word viande comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (To live, to be alive.), Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*gʷíh₃weti | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | To live, to be alive. |
*gʷeyh₃- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
*gʷīwō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Live, be alive. |
vixi | Latin (lat) | |
vivenda | Latin (lat) | |
*vīvanda | Late Latin (LL) | |
viande | Old French (fro) | Food (anything which when ingested into the digestive system provides nutrition for the body). |
viande | French (fra) | (obsolete) food. (sexuality) an object of sexual desire; a piece of meat. Meat. |