Where does “vituperous” come from?
vituperous (English) comes from French vitupéreux, from Latin vituperosus, from Latin vituperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg- — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
vituperous (English): Vituperative; Worthy of blame
Definitions
- Vituperative; Worthy of blame
Ancestry of “vituperous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vitupéreux | — |
| 2 | Latin | vituperosus | — |
| 3 | Latin | vituperāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 6 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 9 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |