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Where does “vertuous” come from?

vertuous (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman vertuous.

vertuous (Middle English): Virtuous; morally correct, righteous or good;...

Definitions

  1. Virtuous; morally correct, righteous or good;...

Ancestry of “vertuous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanvertuous—

Words derived from “vertuous”

  • virtuous
  • virtuously
  • virtuousness
  • unvirtuous
  • nonvirtuous
  • unvirtuously
  • ultravirtuous
  • unvirtuousness
  • vertuously
  • vertuousnesse
Every word from Anglo-Norman vertuous →