Where does “vudi” come from?

vudi (Fijian) comes from Old French vuidier, from Vulgar Latin vocitare, from Vulgar Latin vocitus, from Latin vacitus, from Latin vacere — second-person singular present passive...

vudi (Fijian): banana

Definitions

  1. banana

Ancestry of “vudi”, step by step

vudi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French vuidier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvuidierto empty
2Vulgar Latinvocitarepresent active infinitive of vocitō;...
3Vulgar Latinvocitus—
4Latinvacitus—
5Latinvaceresecond-person singular present passive...

via Proto-Oceanic pudi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpudibanana
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuntibanana
3Proto-Austronesianpuntibanana
Every word from Latin vacere →Every word from Latin vacitus →Every word from Vulgar Latin vocitus →