Where does “swot vac” come from?
swot vac (English) comes from English swot, from Middle English swot, from Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic swait-, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.
swot vac (English): In secondary and tertiary education, a period of...
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- In secondary and tertiary education, a period of...
Ancestry of “swot vac”, step by step
swot vac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English swot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | swot | To study with effort or determination; One who... |
| 2 | Middle English | swot | — |
| 3 | Old English | swāt | perspiration; sweat; sweat |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swait- | sweat; blood |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swoyd- | to sweat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sweyd- | sweat; to sweat |
via English vac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vac | A vacation; A vacuum cleaner; To vacuum; to clean... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वाच् | speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.) |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wā́kš | speech, voice; sound? |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |