Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “wei”

127 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wei — including vice, vicious, viciously, vise, viciousness, vitiate, vituperation, vituperative.

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English (30)

Italian (24)

Latin (22)

French (7)

Spanish (7)

Romanian (7)

Old French (6)

Middle English (6)

Portuguese (5)

Middle French (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Catalan (1)

Albanian (1)

Tagalog (1)

Aromanian (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Late Latin (1)