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Where does “vaniteusement” come from?

vaniteusement (French) comes from French vaniteux, from French vanité, from Middle French vanité, from Old French vanité, from Latin vānitas, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano, from Italian vanare.

vaniteusement (French): vainly, frivolously

Definitions

  1. vainly, frivolously

Ancestry of “vaniteusement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvaniteuxconceited, frivolous, vain; a conceited person,...
2Frenchvanitéfutility, pointlessness; vanity; vanitas
3Middle Frenchvanitévanity
4Old Frenchvanité—
5Latinvānitas—
6Latinvānus—
7Italianvanovain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,...
8ItalianvanareAlternative form of vaneggiare
9Romanian-re-ing, -ation
10Latin-āre—
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
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