Where does “viciu” come from?

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

viciu (Romanian): vice; defect, fault, blemish

Definitions

  1. vice; defect, fault, blemish

Ancestry of “viciu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi-tio- →Every word from Latin vitium →