Where does “vitium” come from?

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

vitium (Latin): flaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime

Definitions

  1. flaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime

Ancestry of “vitium”, step by step

vitium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault

via Proto-Indo-European (d)wi-tyo-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(d)wi-tyo-apart, wrong
2Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “vitium”

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