Vivid
来自Big Physics
Safin（讨论 | 贡献）2022年4月27日 (三) 05:29的版本 （建立内容为“Category:etymology == google == [https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=vivid+etymology&newwindow=1&hl=en ref] mid 17th century: from Latin vividus, from vivere…”的新页面）
mid 17th century: from Latin vividus, from vivere ‘to live’.
wiktionary
Borrowed from Latin vividus(“animated, spirited”), from vivere(“to live”), akin to vita(“life”), Ancient Greek βίος(bíos, “life”).
The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from a brand name.
etymonline
vivid (adj.)
1630s, from French vivide and perhaps also directly from Latin vividus "spirited, animated, lively, full of life," from vivus "alive" (from PIE root *gwei- "to live"). Extension to colors is from 1660s. Sense of "strong, distinct" (as of memories, etc.) is from 1680s; that of "very active or intense" (as of imagination, interest, etc.) is from 1853. Related: Vividly; vividness.
