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Where does “ves” come from?

ves (Albanian) comes from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

ves (Albanian): vice; I ask, request; I beg, beseech, solicit

Definitions

  1. vice; I ask, request; I beg, beseech, solicit

Ancestry of “ves”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
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