Where does “vice” come from?

vice (Middle English) comes from Old French vice, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

vice (Middle English): A fault or imperfection; a negative quality or...

Definitions

  1. A fault or imperfection; a negative quality or...

Ancestry of “vice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvice—
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault

Words derived from “vice”

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