Where does “vituperare” come from?
vituperare (Romanian) comes from Romanian vitupera, from French vitupérer, from Latin vituperō, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
vituperare (Romanian): vilification
Definitions
- vilification
Ancestry of “vituperare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | vitupera | to vituperate |
| 2 | French | vitupérer | to vituperate; to rant and rave; to rail against |
| 3 | Latin | vituperō | to censure |
| 4 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 5 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 8 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |