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Where does “viçoso” come from?

viçoso (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin vitiōsus, from Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio-, from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

viçoso (Old Portuguese): delightful, pleasurable; content, satisfied

Definitions

  1. delightful, pleasurable; content, satisfied

Ancestry of “viçoso”, step by step

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

Words derived from “viçoso”

  • viçoso
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