WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
-vit-, root.
- -vit- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "life;
living.'' It is related to the root -viv-. This meaning is found in such words as: revitalize, vita, vital, vitamin.
'-vit-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aquavit
- blue vitriol
- cobalamin
- cyanocobalamin
- green vitriol
- iron vitriol
- oil of vitriol
- preaffidavit
- thiamine
- vitaceous
- vital
- vitamin
- viticulture
- vitiligo
- vitreous
- vitreous humor
- vitrify
- vitriolize
- white vitriol
- wit
- zinc sulfate