Where does “vitiligo” come from?

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

vitiligo (Romanian): vitiligo

Definitions

  1. vitiligo

Ancestry of “vitiligo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvitiligovitiligo
2Latinvitilīgōa skin disease, tetter
3Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wei →