Where does “vituperoso” come from?
vituperoso (Italian) comes from Italian vituperio, from Latin vituperium, from Latin vituperō, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
vituperoso (Italian): vituperative, insulting; shameful
Definitions
- vituperative, insulting; shameful
Ancestry of “vituperoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vituperio | insult |
| 2 | Latin | vituperium | censure, blame |
| 3 | Latin | vituperō | to censure |
| 4 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 5 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 8 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |