vic- root words — words with the vic- root

The root vic- comes from Latin vitium, meaning fault, defect. 9 words in Dendril are built from it, including vice, vicious, viced, vices, viciously, viciousness, vitiate, vitiated, vitiation. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the vic- root

Explore words with vic- — words containing the vic- root and sharing its sense of "fault, defect". Examples include vice, vicious, viced, vices, viciously, viciousness, vitiate, vitiated, vitiation. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does vic- mean?

The vic- root means fault, defect, from Latin vitium. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.