Where does “vili” come from?

vili (Italian) comes from Italian vile, from Latin vīlis, from Proto-Italic weslis, from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s.

vili (Italian): plural of vile; masculine plural of vilio

Definitions

  1. plural of vile; masculine plural of vilio

Ancestry of “vili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvilecowardly, dastardly; base, miserable, mean;...
2Latinvīlischeap, inexpensive
3Proto-Italicweslis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-li-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s →Every word from Proto-Italic weslis →Every word from Latin vīlis →