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Where does “vilipendo” come from?

vilipendo (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin vilis, from Proto-Italic weslis, from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s.

Ancestry of “vilipendo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvilischeap, inexpensive; base, vile, mean, worthless,...
2Proto-Italicweslis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-li-s—

Words derived from “vilipendo”

  • vilipender
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s →