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Where does “wi-tio-” come from?

wi-tio- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European wei — guilt, vice, fault.

Ancestry of “wi-tio-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault

Words derived from “wi-tio-”

  • vice
  • vicious
  • viciously
  • vise
  • viciousness
  • vitiate
  • vituperation
  • vituperative
  • vitiligo
  • vitiation
  • viselike
  • vituperate
  • vicelike
  • antivice
  • vituperatively
  • viced
  • vituperous
  • vitiosity
  • vituperator
  • viceless
  • vituperable
  • vituperativeness
  • unvicious
  • viceman
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