Where does “vice” come from?
Vice comes from Latin vicis, the genitive form of vix, combined with the suffix -io, ultimately deriving from Latin videre meaning "to see" and Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-.
vice (English): A bad habit; Any of various crimes related to...
Definitions
- A bad habit; Any of various crimes related to...
Ancestry of “vice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | vice | A fault or imperfection; a negative quality or... |
| 2 | Old French | vice | — |
| 3 | Latin | vitium | flaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-tio- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wei | guilt, vice, fault |
Words derived from “vice”