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

  1. An unoccupied position or job; An available room...

Ancestry of “vacancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ancyAdded to verbs and adjectives to form nouns...
2Latin-antia-ance
3Latin-entia—

Words derived from “vacancy”

Every word from Latin -entia →Every word from English -ancy →Every word from Latin -antia →