Where does “vicelessness” come from?
vicelessness (English) comes from English viceless, 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.
vicelessness (English): Absence of vice
Definitions
- Absence of vice
Ancestry of “vicelessness”, step by step
vicelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English viceless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | viceless | Without vice |
| 2 | English | vice | A bad habit; Any of various crimes related to... |
| 3 | Middle English | vice | A fault or imperfection; a negative quality or... |
| 4 | Old French | vice | — |
| 5 | Latin | vitium | flaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-tio- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wei | guilt, vice, fault |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |