Where does “vvizzja” come from?

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

vvizzja (Maltese): to corrupt, to ruin, to debase

Definitions

  1. to corrupt, to ruin, to debase

Ancestry of “vvizzja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianviziareto spoil; to invalidate; to ruin
2Latinvitiōto vitiate, make faulty, spoil, taint, corrupt, damage
3Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
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