Where does “viciós” come from?

viciós (Catalan) comes from Latin vitiōsus, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

viciós (Catalan): depraved, immoral

Definitions

  1. depraved, immoral

Ancestry of “viciós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitiōsusfull of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
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