Where does “voryen” come from?

voryen (Haitian Creole) comes from French vaurien, from French rien, from Middle French rien, from Old French rien, from Latin rem, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.

voryen (Haitian Creole): good-for-nothing, scoundrel

Definitions

  1. good-for-nothing, scoundrel

Ancestry of “voryen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvauriengood-for-nothing person regarded as useless or worthless
2Frenchriennothing; anything
3Middle Frenchrienthing
4Old Frenchrienthing; object; being; creature; thing
5Latinremaccusative singular of rēs
6Latinrēsthing, object, stuff
7Latinvindicatiocivil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
8Latinvindicōto lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
9Latinvindexclaimant, vindicator
10Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
11Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
12Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
13Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
14Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
15Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
16Latincalceusshoe
17Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
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