The story
- Latin · derived fromvituperāre“to blame, censure”
- Late Latin · derived fromvituperosus
- French · derived fromvitupéreux
- English todayvituperous
From French vitupéreux, from Late Latin vituperosus, from Latin vituperāre (“to blame, censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + parāre (“to furnish, provide, contrive”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.