Where does “vacancy” come from?
Vacancy comes from Latin -antia (forming nouns from adjectives), from Latin vacans (empty, unoccupied), from Latin vaco (to be empty), from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- (to blow, be empty).
vacancy (English): An unoccupied position or job; An available room...
Definitions
- An unoccupied position or job; An available room...
Ancestry of “vacancy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ancy | Added to verbs and adjectives to form nouns... |
| 2 | Latin | -antia | -ance |
| 3 | Latin | -entia | — |
Words derived from “vacancy”