Where does “viciar” come from?

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

viciar (Portuguese): to addict; to be addictive; to spoil; to corrupt

Definitions

  1. to addict; to be addictive; to spoil; to corrupt

Ancestry of “viciar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitiāre—
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 →
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