Where does “vitiation” come from?

vitiation (English) comes from Latin vitiāre, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

vitiation (English): a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the...

Definitions

  1. a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the...

Ancestry of “vitiation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitiāre—
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
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