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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

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