Where does “vice” come from?

vice (French) comes from Middle French vice, from Old French vice, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

vice (French): vice

Definitions

  1. vice

Ancestry of “vice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvicevice bad habit
2Old Frenchvice—
3Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault

Words derived from “vice”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio- →Every word from Latin vitium →