Where does “vilenie” come from?
vilenie (Romanian) comes from French vilenie, from French vilain, from Old French vilain, from Late Latin villanus, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
vilenie (Romanian): villainy
Definitions
- villainy
Ancestry of “vilenie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vilenie | vileness, baseness; wickedness |
| 2 | French | vilain | villain; peasant; country dweller |
| 3 | Old French | vilain | peasant; commoner |
| 4 | Late Latin | villanus | farm worker; A villein: a serf or low-class farm... |
| 5 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 6 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 7 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |