Where does “vida” come from?
vida (French) comes from French vider, from Middle French vuider, from Old French vuidier, from Vulgar Latin vocitare, from Vulgar Latin vocitus, from Latin vacitus, from Latin vacere — second-person singular present passive...
vida (French): third-person singular past historic of vider
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of vider
Ancestry of “vida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vider | to empty, to empty out; to gut |
| 2 | Middle French | vuider | to empty |
| 3 | Old French | vuidier | to empty |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | vocitare | present active infinitive of vocitō;... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | vocitus | — |
| 6 | Latin | vacitus | — |
| 7 | Latin | vacere | second-person singular present passive... |