Etymology of the English word vitamin
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)
Date
The earliest known usage of vitamin in English dates from the 20th century.
Derivations in English
hypervitaminosis,
antivitamin,
cobalamin,
megavitamin,
multivitamin,
provitamin,
avitaminosis,
cyanocobalamin,
thiaminCognates
Dutch
vitamine, French
vitamine, German
Vitamin, Icelandic
vítamín, Swedish
vitaminUsage
Word found in Modern English
