Where does “viço” come from?

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

viço (Portuguese): luxuriance, lushness; vigour, flushness; vice

Definitions

  1. luxuriance, lushness; vigour, flushness; vice

Ancestry of “viço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseviçodelight, pleasure; happiness; vice
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio- →Every word from Latin vitium →