Where does “vomit” come from?

Vomit comes from Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitare, from Latin vomito, from Latin vomo, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁-.

vomit (English): To regurgitate or eject the contents of the...

Definitions

  1. To regurgitate or eject the contents of the...

Ancestry of “vomit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishvomiten
2Latinvomitāre
3Latinvomōto be sick; to vomit, puke, throw up; discharge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit

Words derived from “vomit

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁-
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