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...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “vituperate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvituperoI censure; I scold, tell off, blame; I disparage,...
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 →
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