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Where does “buidar” come from?

buidar (Catalan) comes from Catalan buit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

buidar (Catalan): to empty

Definitions

  1. to empty

Ancestry of “buidar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbuitvacant; empty; An empty space; gap
2Vulgar Latin*vocitum—
3Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
4Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
5Proto-Italic*-wos—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →