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Where does “vil” come from?

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

vil (Portuguese): mean; vile; cheap; worthless

Definitions

  1. mean; vile; cheap; worthless

Ancestry of “vil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevil—
2Latinvīlis—
3Proto-Italicweslis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-li-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s →