Where does “vitians” come from?

vitians (Latin) comes from Latin vitio, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

vitians (Latin): damaging

Definitions

  1. damaging

Ancestry of “vitians”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvitioI vitiate, make faulty, spoil, taint, corrupt,...
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio- →Every word from Latin vitium →