Where does “vile” come from?

vile (Middle English) comes from Old French vil, from Latin vīlis, from Proto-Italic weslis, from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s.

Ancestry of “vile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvilhorrible; vile; awful; low; base
2Latinvīlischeap, inexpensive
3Proto-Italicweslis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-li-s—

Words derived from “vile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s →Every word from Proto-Italic weslis →Every word from Latin vīlis →
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