Where does “vide” come from?

vide (French) comes from Old French vuit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, from Latin vacuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

vide (French): empty; devoid; blank

Definitions

  1. empty; devoid; blank

Ancestry of “vide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvuitempty
2Vulgar Latin*vocitum
3Latinvacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of,...
4Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
5Proto-Italic*-wos
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “vide

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wósEvery word from Latin -uusEvery word from Latin vacuus
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