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Vital

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means absolutely necessary or essential, or full of energy and life
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Stage 1 of 3
vita
Latin · ancient
"life"
life, from vivere (to live)
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Stage 2 of 3
vitalis
Latin · ancient
"of life, essential to life"
of life, essential to life, from vita
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Stage 3 of 3
vital
English · 1400s
"absolutely necessary, or full of life and energy"
settled as the English word for something absolutely necessary or full of life
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