Where does “vilificare” come from?

vilificare (Late Latin) comes from Latin vilifico, from Latin vīlis, from Proto-Italic weslis, from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s.

vilificare (Late Latin): present active infinitive of vīlificō;...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of vīlificō;...

Ancestry of “vilificare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvilificoI make of little value
2Latinvīlischeap, inexpensive
3Proto-Italicweslis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-li-s—

Words derived from “vilificare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s →Every word from Proto-Italic weslis →Every word from Latin vīlis →