Where does “virtuós” come from?
virtuós (Catalan) comes from Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs, from English virtue, from Middle English vertu, from Anglo-Norman vertu, from Latin virtutem, from Latin virtus, from Latin vir — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
virtuós (Catalan): virtuous; virtuoso
Ancestry of “virtuós”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | virtuōsus | — |
| 2 | Latin | virtūs | — |
| 3 | English | virtue | Accordance with moral principles; conformity of... |
| 4 | Middle English | vertu | An ability, specialty, or feature; Power,... |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | vertu | valour; honour; goodness; virtue |
| 6 | Latin | virtutem | accusative singular of virtūs; virtue |
| 7 | Latin | virtus | manhood, manliness, virility; courage,... |
| 8 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
Words derived from “virtuós”