Where does “void” come from?
Void comes from Old French vuit, from Vulgar Latin vocitus, from Latin vacitus, ultimately from Latin vacere meaning to be empty.
void (English): Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or...
Definitions
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or...
Ancestry of “void”, step by step
void traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English voidee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voidee | A cup of wine drunk with spices or other small... |
| 2 | English | voider | One who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates,... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Middle English voide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | voide | drink taken before leaving or before bed; one for the road; nightcap |
| 2 | Old French | vuit | empty |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *vocitum | — |
| 4 | Latin | vacuus | empty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,... |
| 5 | Latin | -uus | forms adjectives on verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-wos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |