Where does “vitieux” come from?
vitieux (Middle French) comes from Old French vicious, from Latin vitiōsus, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.
vitieux (Middle French): vicious
Ancestry of “vitieux”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | vicious | vicious; malicious; defective; not capable of... |
| 2 | Latin | vitiōsus | — |
| 3 | Latin | vitium | flaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-tio- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wei | guilt, vice, fault |