Where does “vakansie” come from?

vakansie (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch vakantie, from Middle Dutch vacantie, from Medieval Latin vacantia — leisure; An empty place; nominative neuter plural...

vakansie (Afrikaans): holiday, vacation

Definitions

  1. holiday, vacation

Ancestry of “vakansie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvakantieA holiday, vacation; An easy, careless time
2Middle Dutchvacantie—
3Medieval Latinvacantialeisure; An empty place; nominative neuter plural...
Every word from Medieval Latin vacantia →Every word from Middle Dutch vacantie →Every word from Dutch vakantie →