Where does “vices” come from?

vices (French) comes from French vice, 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.

vices (French): plural of vice

Definitions

  1. plural of vice

Ancestry of “vices”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvicevice
2Middle Frenchvicevice bad habit
3Old Frenchvice—
4Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wei →