Where does “vitiligo” come from?
Vitiligo derives from Latin vitiligo, from Latin vitium meaning "defect," traced to Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.
vitiligo (English): The patchy loss of skin pigmentation; Alphos, a...
Definitions
- The patchy loss of skin pigmentation; Alphos, a...
Ancestry of “vitiligo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vitilīgō | — |
| 2 | Latin | vitium | flaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-tio- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wei | guilt, vice, fault |
Words derived from “vitiligo”