Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryRelating to or characteristic of life. · Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends. · Invigorating or life-giving. · Necessary to continued existence.
From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), from vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“to live”). Doublet of jiva and quick.
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