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Where does “vider” come from?

vider (French) comes 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...

vider (French): to empty, to empty out; to gut

Definitions

  1. to empty, to empty out; to gut

Ancestry of “vider”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvuiderto empty
2Old Frenchvuidierto empty
3Vulgar Latinvocitarepresent active infinitive of vocitō;...
4Vulgar Latinvocitus—
5Latinvacitus—
6Latinvaceresecond-person singular present passive...

Words derived from “vider”

  • dévidoir
  • dévider
  • dévidage
  • vidage
  • vida
Every word from Latin vacere →