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
- luxuriance, lushness; vigour, flushness; vice
Ancestry of “viço”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | viço | delight, pleasure; happiness; vice |
| 2 | Latin | vitium | flaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-tio- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wei | guilt, vice, fault |