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Where does “vilifieth” come from?

vilifieth (English) comes from English vilify, from Late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilifico, from Latin vīlis, from Proto-Italic weslis, from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s.

vilifieth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “vilifieth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvilifyTo say defamatory things about someone or...
2Late Latinvilificarepresent active infinitive of vīlificō;...
3LatinvilificoI make of little value
4Latinvīlis—
5Proto-Italicweslis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-li-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s →