Where does “vomit” come from?
vomit (French) comes from French vomir, from Old French vomir, from Vulgar Latin vomire, from Latin vomō, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.
vomit (French): third-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “vomit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vomir | to vomit |
| 2 | Old French | vomir | to vomit |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | vomire | — |
| 4 | Latin | vomō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wemh₁- | to spew, to vomit |