Where does “vile” come from?
Vile comes from Old French vil, from Latin vilis meaning cheap or worthless, from Proto-Italic weslis, from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s.
vile (English): Morally low; base; despicable; Causing physical...
Definitions
- Morally low; base; despicable; Causing physical...
Ancestry of “vile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vilitas | cheapness, inexpensiveness; meanness, baseness,... |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “vile”