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Where does “vaca” come from?

vaca (Italian) comes from Italian vacare, from Latin vacō, from Proto-Italic wakos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

vaca (Italian): inflection of vacare: ## third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of vacare: ## third-person singular...

Ancestry of “vaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianvacareTo be vacant
2Latinvacō—
3Proto-Italicwakosempty
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →