Where does “vitiligo” come from?

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

vitiligo (Portuguese): vitiligo patchy loss of skin pigmentation

Definitions

  1. vitiligo patchy loss of skin pigmentation

Ancestry of “vitiligo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitilīgōa skin disease, tetter
2Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
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