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

  1. The patchy loss of skin pigmentation; Alphos, a...

Ancestry of “vitiligo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vitiligo”

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