Where does “viceless” come from?
viceless (English) comes from English vice, from Middle English vice, from Old French vice, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.
viceless (English): Without vice
Ancestry of “viceless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | vice | A bad habit; Any of various crimes related to... |
| 2 | Middle English | vice | A fault or imperfection; a negative quality or... |
| 3 | Old French | vice | — |
| 4 | Latin | vitium | flaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-tio- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wei | guilt, vice, fault |