Etymology of the English word megavitamin
the English word
megavitaminderived from the English word
vitaminusing the English prefix
vit-derived from the Latin word
vita (viaţă; life; life, career, livelihood)
derived from the Latin word
vivere (be alive, live; survive)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷei- (to live)
using the English prefix
mega-derived from the Byzantine Greek word
megas, μέγας (big)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*meg- (great)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
