Where does “vast” come from?
Vast comes from Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus meaning "empty or desolate," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-.
vast (English): Very large or wide; Very great in size, amount,...
Definitions
- Very large or wide; Very great in size, amount,...
Ancestry of “vast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | vaste | — |
| 2 | Latin | vastus | Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | wāstos | empty |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂- | to leave, abandon, give out |
Words derived from “vast”