Where does “virtuous” come from?

Virtuous comes from Anglo-Norman vertuous, meaning morally excellent or possessing virtue in conduct and character.

virtuous (English): Full of virtue, having excellent moral character

Definitions

  1. Full of virtue, having excellent moral character

Ancestry of “virtuous”, step by step

virtuous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English vertuous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishvertuousVirtuous; morally correct, righteous or good;...
2Anglo-Normanvertuous—

via English virtu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvirtuAlternative form of vertu

Words derived from “virtuous”

Every word from Anglo-Norman vertuous →Every word from Middle English vertuous →