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...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “vomit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvomirto vomit
2Old Frenchvomirto vomit
3Vulgar Latinvomire—
4Latinvomōto be sick; to vomit, puke, throw up; discharge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- →Every word from Latin vomō →Every word from Vulgar Latin vomire →