Where does “vizzjuż” come from?

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

vizzjuż (Maltese): depraved, vicious

Definitions

  1. depraved, vicious

Ancestry of “vizzjuż”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianviziosodepraved; vicious; defective, faulty
2Latinvitiōsusfull of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt
3Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
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