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vis

Pronunciation: [ˈwiːs]

“vis” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. power; influence; strength; faculty; potency
  2. violence; overwhelming force; coercion; assault; force of arms
  3. meaning; significance; nature (essence and value of a word)
  4. assault; affront
  5. quantity; flood
  6. energy; force
  7. force
  8. strength; might; vigor; capability (physical)

In Latin

  1. Vigor, robur.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wīs, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyHs (“force, strength”), sometimes derived from *weyh₁- (“to rush”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ῑ̓́ς (ī́s, “strength”, < *ϝῑ́ς (*wī́s)), Sanskrit वय॑स् (váyas, “vigor; youth; age”). See also via, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).

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