vivarium

noun

an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions

Roots

vivusviv- · Latin · living arium-arium · Latin · place for

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The word vivarium breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: viv, from Latin vivus (“living”); and -arium, from Latin arium (“place for”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.