Where does “vide-poche” come from?
vide-poche (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...
vide-poche (French): valet tray; trinket dish
Definitions
- valet tray; trinket dish
Ancestry of “vide-poche”, step by step
vide-poche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French vider
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
via French poché
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | poché | past participle of pocher |