Where does “vicieux” come from?

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

vicieux (French): lecherous, perverted, depraved; sly, deceitful;...

Definitions

  1. lecherous, perverted, depraved; sly, deceitful;...

Ancestry of “vicieux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitiōsusfull of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault

Words derived from “vicieux”

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