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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

  1. third-person singular past historic of vider

Ancestry of “vida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchviderto empty, to empty out; to gut
2Middle Frenchvuiderto empty
3Old Frenchvuidierto empty
4Vulgar Latinvocitarepresent active infinitive of vocitō;...
5Vulgar Latinvocitus—
6Latinvacitus—
7Latinvaceresecond-person singular present passive...
Every word from Latin vacere →