Where does “vomitory” come from?

vomitory (English) comes from Latin vomitōrium, from Latin vomitōrius, from Latin vomō, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.

vomitory (English): The entrance into a theater or other large public...

Definitions

  1. The entrance into a theater or other large public...

Ancestry of “vomitory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvomitōriumThe entrance to an amphitheatre; passage behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre
2Latinvomitōriusvomitory, emetic
3Latinvomōto be sick; to vomit, puke, throw up; discharge
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- →Every word from Latin vomō →Every word from Latin vomitōrius →