Where does “vil” come from?

vil (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin vīlis, from Proto-Italic weslis, from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s.

Ancestry of “vil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīlischeap, inexpensive
2Proto-Italicweslis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-li-s—

Words derived from “vil”

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