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Where does “vicio” come from?

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

vicio (Spanish): vice; bad habit; imperfection, blotch

Definitions

  1. vice; bad habit; imperfection, blotch

Ancestry of “vicio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitiumflaw, defect, blemish, error, fault; vice; crime
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-tio-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweiguilt, vice, fault

Words derived from “vicio”

  • enviciar
  • vicios
  • bisyo
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