Where does “vezzoso” come from?

vezzoso (Italian) comes from Italian vezzo, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

vezzoso (Italian): pretty, charming; affected

Definitions

  1. pretty, charming; affected

Ancestry of “vezzoso”, step by step

vezzoso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian vezzo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvezzohabit, mannerism, quirk; bad habit; caress
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault

via Latin vitiōsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitiōsusfull of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “vezzoso”

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