Where does “vizzju” come from?

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

vizzju (Maltese): vice, bad habit

Definitions

  1. vice, bad habit

Ancestry of “vizzju”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianviziovice; bad habit; flaw, defect
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
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