Where does “vasta” come from?

vasta (Ido) comes from Esperanto vasta, from English vast, from Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus, from Proto-Celtic wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

vasta (Ido): vast, extensive

Definitions

  1. vast, extensive

Ancestry of “vasta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovastaextensive, vast, spacious
2EnglishvastVery large or wide; Very great in size, amount,...
3Middle Frenchvaste—
4LatinvastusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,...
5Proto-Celticwāstosempty
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

Words derived from “vasta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic wāstos →Every word from Latin vastus →