Where does “vil” come from?

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

vil (Romanian): cheap, worthless

Definitions

  1. cheap, worthless

Ancestry of “vil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvilcheap, worthless; vile
2Latinvīlischeap, inexpensive
3Proto-Italicweslis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-li-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s →Every word from Proto-Italic weslis →Every word from Latin vīlis →