vida

/ˈbida/ · A1 · noun · f

life

🌱 vida = Latin vita, as in vital and vitamin; Spanish softened the t to d

From Latin vita (life), the root of English vital, vitality and vitamin. Between vowels, Latin t regularly became d in Spanish, so vita turned into vida. Swap the d back to t and the English cousins are obvious.

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