Where does “vituperate” come from?
vituperate (Latin) comes from Latin vitupero, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.
vituperate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...
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Ancestry of “vituperate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vitupero | I censure; I scold, tell off, blame; I disparage,... |
| 2 | Latin | vitium | flaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-tio- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wei | guilt, vice, fault |