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Where does “vil” come from?

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

vil (Spanish): mean, despicable, vile

Definitions

  1. mean, despicable, vile

Ancestry of “vil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīlis—
2Proto-Italicweslis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-li-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s →