Where does “vacate” come from?
vacate (Italian) comes from Italian vacare, from Latin vacō, from Proto-Italic wakos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.
vacate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “vacate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | vacare | To be vacant |
| 2 | Latin | vacō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wakos | empty |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂- | to leave, abandon, give out |